PHASE 3 CLERKSHIP SURVEY RESULTS
Clerkship?
Surgery
Required Elective or Subinternship?
Required
What was the elective called?
Which site did you attend?
Transplant/St. Marys
Do you wish you did it at another site?
Yes
Any tips on preparing for Day 1?
Read Surgical Recall and know it cold.
How was the driving and parking?
How bad were the on call hours?
Overlapping Q4 transplant and Q4 harvest (yes this leaves you Q2) home call.
What were your weekday hours?
Clinics, OR, and floor rounds. More OR time than any of the other Surgery rotations.
What were your weekend hours?
What should we know about the attendings and residents?
Nothing special.
Did you learn any new procedures or skills?
What books were useful for the shelf exam?
How was your shelf exam?
9/10
Did you have enough time to study for it?
NO!! Get WORKED on transplant with the potential of getting WORKED at St. Mary's depending on the number of attendings being covered.
What pearls of wisdom should an incoming student ABSOLUTELY know?
Be ready to brush off insults (esp at St. Mary's with a particular attending- you'll know when you get there)
How would you rate the stress level?
nonstop stress
Are you now more or less interested in this specialty as a career?
Less
Any other comments?
Date posted: Wed Sep 15 04:16:05 1999
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