Course Catalog

 
80-513 MINIMALLY INVASIVE GI SURGERY
Department SURGERY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Surgery AI-Inpatient, Elective AI Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director ABHISHEK PARMAR, 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.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Contact will provide details about approvals for this course.
Course Description The student will function as an acting intern on this service. Students will be exposed to broad spectrum of GI diseases encountered by general surgeons, specifically hernias, anti-reflux operations, and bariatric surgery. 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 the service include Drs. Britney Corey, Richard Stahl and Jayleen Grams.
Where To Report For reporting instructions, please contact the GI lap chief resident (on call) 2-3 days prior to beginning the service via the UAB paging operator at (205) 934-3411.
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.
Notes