Course Catalog

 
80-409C SURGICAL 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 0
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
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
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description This clinical course is designed to provide the student with more extensive exposure in the management of patients requiring surgical critical care. Clinical aspects include the initial evaluation, assessment, resuscitation, and definitive care of critically ill surgical patients as well as critical 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 SICU; the remainder of the rotation can be completed in the NICU or SICU. Alternate scheduling (i.e. 2 weeks on the TBICU Service) will be considered on a case by case basis but must be requested and approved prior to the rotation.
Where To Report 8:00 a.m., Surgical ICU, North Pavilion, 7TH floor for patient rounds. Make contact with SICU resident team in SICU resident workroom, or via phone at 205-996-4234.
Requirements
Evaluation Pass/Fail
Notes