SRGP847A

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SRGP847A - Surgical Intensive Care Unit (Critical Care)

COM Phx Ugrd Medical EducationMedicineUA - UA General

Course ID

042071

Course Description

Students will be provided with general principles of surgical critical care with a major emphasis on understanding physiology and pathophysiology in order to provide the appropriate care for the critically ill or injured patient. Students will direct care of 1-2 patients under the supervision of the senior surgical resident and surgical critical care faculty, will attend daily rounds in the ICU and formal critical care lectures twice a week.
1. A broad general surgery experience with emphasis on the management of trauma, emergency general surgery and surgical critical care patients.
2. The medical student will be fully integrated into the preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative care of the acute care surgery patient, including management in the ICU.

Min Units

1

Max Units

16

Repeatable for Credit

Yes

Total Completions Allowed

4

Total Units Allowed

16

Grading Basis

CLK - Clerkship H,HP,P,F

Career

Medicine

Course Requisites

May be convened with

Component

Clinical

Optional Component

No