Contact Information:
Department of Surgery
The University of Arizona
Arizona Health Sciences Center, 5408
1501 North Campbell Ave
PO Box 245066
Tucson, AZ 85724-5066
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Phone: (520) 626-6793
Web:
 Department Homepage
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General Information:
SURG Course Descriptions
For descriptions of medical student electives, see the
College
of Medicine Electives Manual.
Faculty Members
The Department of Surgery is in the College
of Medicine.
The Department of Surgery provides a broad general exposure to surgery
during a six-week basic clinical clerkship and a three-week specialty
clerkship. The basic clerkship stresses preoperative evaluation in the
emergency and ambulatory settings, proper operating room conduct and
postoperative management. An awareness of the nature and management of
surgical disease is developed by case-oriented small group sessions, rounds
and weekly conferences. The surgery Specialty Clerkship reinforces these basic
skills by application to specialty areas such as urology, orthopedics, and
otorhinolaryngology.
Elective courses in general and specialty surgery and various aspects of
surgical biology are offered. Increased clinical responsibility is assured on
hospital services by assigning the elective student to the patient care team.
Special courses designed around specific clinical activities and research
programs in the Department of Surgery and other departments are available on
an individual basis.
The graduate program in surgical sciences includes hospital training in
general and specialty surgery with a strong emphasis upon the five-year
graduate program. It emphasizes training of the clinical surgeon but
encourages elective surgical study for future community, academic or research
surgery.
For more information contact the department
listed above.
