SUR 416 - Emergency General Surgery Acting Internship

One M4 year student per rotation will have the opportunity to work on the Emergency General Service (EGS) at Sentara NGH for four weeks. They will be expected to function at the intern level helping the R2 and chief manage the service. They will be expected to see inpatient and ED consults and to round on patients on a daily basis. Call will be every 4th to 5th night with early release post call. Students will be off at least one weekend day per week. Students will participate in patient management, placement of central lines, arterial lines, PA catheters, chest tubes, tracheostomies, PEGs and OR cases. Students will participate in all Department of Surgery conferences and didactic sessions during their rotations. Each acting intern will be responsible for organizing one EGS journal club. This elective is ideal for the student interested in surgery or the subspecialties.