Clinical Experiences and Expectations
ENT: This intensive clinical experience will allow a 4th year student to perform the clinical roles and responsibilities of an intern on in an inpatient surgical team. Students will assume direct care of admitted patients, perform assessments and consult on patients in the emergency room, attend all team and program conferences, and scrub-in to assist on surgical procedures. Acting interns will join residents to evaluate urgent consults, perform full H&Ps on new admissions, and participate in emergency operations.
Neurosurgery: This intensive clinical experience will allow a 4th year student to perform the clinical roles and responsibilities of an intern on in an inpatient neurosurgical team. Students will assume direct care of admitted patients, perform assessments and consults on patients in the emergency room, floors and ICU, attend all team and program conferences, outpatient clinic on a weekly basis, and scrub-in to assist on surgical procedures. Students will take overnight calls 1-2 times per week. Overnight, acting interns will evaluate urgent consults, perform full H&Ps on new admissions, and participate in emergency operations.
Orthopedic Surgery: During their Acting Internship students will take on the full clinical roles and responsibilities of an intern on an inpatient surgical team. Students will be expected to participate in morning and afternoon rounds of the inpatient service, participate in the hospital resident clinic as well as play an active role as an assistant in the operating room. The student will learn pertinent anatomy, pathophysiology of orthopedic conditions, options of treatment and management of emergency, inpatient, and outpatients with orthopedic problems. Students will also be expected to participate in emergency room consults and gain further exposure to emergency orthopedic care. Students will attend daily 7 am morning didactic lectures and weekly Case Conference and Grand Rounds during their elective block. The students will be expected to prepare for surgical cases with attention to the pertinent anatomy and basic principles of orthopedic surgery.
Plastic Surgery: This clinical experience will allow 4th year students interested in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery to perform the clinical roles and responsibilities of an intern on in an inpatient surgical team. Students will assume direct care of admitted patients, perform assessments and consults on patients in the emergency room, attend all team and program conferences, outpatient clinics, and scrub-in to assist on surgical procedures. Students will take overnight call with appropriate supervision, acting interns will evaluate urgent consults, perform full histories and physical examinations on new admissions, and participate in emergency operations.
Urology: This clinical experience will allow 4th year students interested in Urologic Surgery to perform the clinical roles and responsibilities of an intern on in an inpatient surgical team. Students will assume direct care of admitted patients, perform assessments and consult on patients in the emergency room, attend all team and program conferences, outpatient clinics, and scrub-in to assist on surgical procedures.
Vascular Surgery: This intensive clinical experience will allow students to perform the clinical roles and responsibilities of an intern on an inpatient surgical team. Students will be exposed to the full range of vascular surgery, including interventional radiology and non-invasive laboratory techniques, as well as scrubbing in the operating room. Students will be intimately involved in the postoperative management in the recovery room and in the intensive care unit. They will also attend the weekly department-wide case conference and resident vascular conferences. Students will spend two weeks on rotation at The Mount Sinai Hospital main campus and two weeks at Mount Sinai West. A call schedule will be arranged for availability for vascular emergencies.
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