Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation

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Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Elective
SUR 610

Prerequisite: Fourth year medical students who have successfully completed their Junior Surgery clerkship. Availability is limited.

Objectives:

• Become familiar with the broad scope of plastic and reconstructive surgery.
• Understand the basic preoperative and postoperative approach to the evaluation and management of patients requiring functional, reconstructive and cosmetic procedures.
• Have an increased understanding of the role of the plastic surgeon in the management of injury.

Students have the opportunity to see patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. The medical student is expected to perform the preoperative workup on selected surgical admissions, assist the surgical team and follow patients postoperatively.

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