Course Catalog
80-409 TRAUMA BURNS ICU
Department
SURGERY
Campus
Birmingham
Course Type(s)
Elective, Surgery AI-Inpatient, Critical Care AI
Facility
UAB Medical Center
Course Director
Kimberly M. Hendershot, MD
Enrollment Limit
2
Contact
MARIA A TYSON
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
mtyson@uabmc.edu
Address
Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
1808 7th Avenue South, BDB 615
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone
(205) 934-4903
Fax
(205) 975-7294
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates
1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI).
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Contact will provide details about approvals for this course.
Course Description
This clinical course is designed to provide the student with more extensive exposure in the management of patients with burns and trauma and those requiring surgical critical care. Clinical aspects include the initial evaluation, assessment, resuscitation, and definitive care of trauma and burn patients, plus surgical critical patient monitoring and physiologic support. The student serves as an acting intern and directly participates in patient care under the supervision of resident staff and faculty. Routine activities of this service include patient rounds, informal conferences, and scheduled teaching conferences weekly. Students will round on a daily basis with faculty members in the Section and will be responsible for presenting their patients to those faculty members. There is direct supervision of intra-operative experience by the faculty member and house staff. Students will spend 2 weeks in the TBICU; the remainder of the rotation can be completed in the TBICU or NICU. Alternate scheduling (i.e. 4weeks on the trauma or burn ward) will be considered on a case by case basis but must be requested and approved prior to the rotation.
Where To Report
8:00am, Monday, Wednesday-Friday; 8:30am Tuesday, Trauma/Burn ICU, North Pavilion, 9th floor for patient rounds. Make contact with TBICU resident or NP/PA team in TBICU workroom or via phone at 205-996-5067.
Requirements
Evaluation
Pass/fail
Notes