Surgery Clerkship: Core Patient Experiences and Clinical Skills
UNR Med Year 3 Structure
Patient Experiences
- Abdominal mass
- Abdominal pain, acute
- Abnormal bowel function
- Adrenal mass
- Ano-rectal disorders, benign
- Appendix
- Breast mass, benign
- Breast mass, malignant
- Colon, benign
- Colon, malignant
- Complications, unexpected outcomes
- Fever
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastric problem (ulcer, perforation, obstruct.)
- GI bleed
- GI malignancy (colon, rectum, SB, stomach)
- Hepatobiliary Neoplasm (pancreas, liver, biliary)
- Hernia
- Intra-abdominal abscess
- Liver Disease, benign
- Lung disease, benign
- Lung disease, malignant
- Lymph node, enlargement
- Nausea / vomiting
- Neck mass
- Respiratory Distress
- Sepsis
- Shock, hypovolemic
- Shock, other
- Shock, septic
- Skin lesions, benign
- Skin lesions, malignant
- Soft tissue neoplasm, benign and malignant
- Spleen
- Thyroid/Parathyroid
- Trauma, major
- Trauma, minor
- Vascular disorder
- Carotid artery disease
- Hypertension
- Hypotension
Clinical Skills
- Abdominal examination
- Breast examination
- Chest tube insertion
- CT interpretation
- Evidence based medicine (EBM) application
- Heart & lung sound recognition
- Incisional / excisional biopsies
- Informed consent
- Insertion Foley catheter
- Insertion of central line
- Insertion of nasogastric tube
- Intubation, endotracheal
- LFT interpretation
- Rectal examination
- Skin biopsy
- Skin lesion ID
- Sterile technique, gown, glove, scrub, instruments
- Trauma exam
- Wound closure, suturing, stapling
- Wound evaluation & care
- X-ray interpretation, abdomen