Surgery

James Freije, M.D., clerkship site director, Surgery

Overview

Required core rotation
8 weeks in length
Four week rotation on general surgery and four weeks on specialty surgeries based on student interest
No formal on-call requirement

Goals

Develop adequate knowledge, basic technical skills, and attitudes about surgical disease
Display professional behavior and function effectively as a member of surgical team, often serving as first assistant with hands-on exposure in operating room at Mount Nittany Medical Center
Recognize surgery as a specialized area of knowledge, practice, and research dealing with evaluation, medical management, and invasive treatment of patients with injuries and surgically treated diseases
Evaluate, provide initial care, and consult surgical specialists appropriately for patients with injuries and surgically treated diseases (describe natural history, pathology, and pathophysiology)
Exposure to da Vinci robot technology
Outline the relevant anatomy and expected outcomes for commonly performed surgical procedures, as well as the indications and risks
Discuss principles of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative evaluation and care
Develop independent learning skills

Meet our Faculty

Audiology

Colorectal

ENT

General

Neurosurgery

Orthopaedics

Plastics

Radiology Oncology

Urology (utilizing da Vinci robot technology)