Course Catalog
80-512 HIGHLANDS GENERAL SURGERY
Department
SURGERY
Campus
Birmingham
Course Type(s)
Surgery AI-Inpatient, Elective AI
Facility
UAB Medical Center
Course Director
JOHN R. PORTERFIELD, MD
Enrollment Limit
1
Contact
ESPIRITUS (Sandy) CHAMBLISS
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
echambliss@uabmc.edu
Address
Boshell Diabetes Building - 202
1808 7th Avenue South, BDB 202-F
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone
(205) 934-1157
Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates
1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites
Successful completion of surgery clerkship.
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Surgery, Family Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Contact will provide details about approvals for this course.
This course is not opened to accept visiting students for the months of June, July and August.
Course Description
The student will function as an acting intern on this service. Students will be exposed to a broad spectrum of GI diseases encountered by general surgeons. Students will be assigned direct patient care responsibilities to be undertaken under the supervision of both faculty members and the house staff. The student will be responsible for direct presentations to the faculty on a daily basis and will be supervised in the operating room by those faculty members. Students are expected to learn principles of gastrointestinal disease, both pathophysiology and normal physiology and are exposed to the multidisciplinary approach for the management of gastrointestinal pathology. Faculty members on this service include Drs. John Porterfield, Britney Corey, Richard Stahl, and others.
Where To Report
For reporting instructions, please contact the Highlands general surgery chief resident via the UAB Paging Operator at (205) 934-3411 three or four days prior to the start date.
Requirements
See course description.
Evaluation
Pass/Fail. Direct faculty and resident evaluation of student performance on service. The student will be assessed for the likelihood of success in general surgery residency.
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