Departments, Schools, Colleges

SURGERY (SURG)

Contact Information:

Department of Surgery The University of Arizona Arizona Health Sciences Center, 5408 1501 North Campbell Ave PO Box 245066 Tucson, AZ 85724-5066

Phone: (520) 626-6793, Fax: 626-9118 Web: Department Homepage

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• SURG Course Descriptions

Medical student electives are described in the College of Medicine Electives Manual.

The Department:

The Department of Surgery is in the College of Medicine.

The department provides a broad general exposure to surgery during a six-week basic clinical clerkship and a three-week specialty clerkship. The basic clerkship stresses preoperative evaluation in the emergency and ambulatory settings, proper operating room conduct and postoperative management. An awareness of the nature and management of surgical disease is developed by case-oriented small group sessions, rounds and weekly conferences. The surgery Specialty Clerkship reinforces these basic skills by application to specialty areas such as urology, orthopedics, and otorhinolaryngology.

Elective courses in general and specialty surgery and various aspects of surgical biology are offered. Increased clinical responsibility is assured on hospital services by assigning the elective student to the patient care team. Special courses designed around specific clinical activities and research programs in the Department of Surgery and other departments are available on an individual basis.

The graduate program in surgical sciences includes hospital training in general and specialty surgery with a strong emphasis upon the five-year graduate program. It emphasizes training of the clinical surgeon but encourages elective surgical study for future community, academic or research surgery.

For more information contact the department listed above.