Colorectal and Breast Surgery Acting Internship

Acting internship can be satisfied with a number of surgical electives. While the individual teams will have faculty members who will provide direct supervision and evaluation of the students, Dr. Lee will conduct overall supervision of the progress of the acting interns and the general AI curriculum. Dr. Lee will conduct fourth year specific educational seminar series, trauma simulations, journal club, and the oral presentation. All acting interns will be required to take in-house call, approximately 4-5 calls in 1 month.

The acting internship in colorectal and breast surgery focuses on complex benign and oncologic disease of the colon and rectum and breast. Students are expected to function in both inpatient outpatient settings, significant clinic exposure and work-up of oncologic diseases. 

Course Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Explain the presentation of surgical diseases and the differential diagnosis of the presentation.
2. Perform the evaluation and work-up of surgical problems as primary and consultant services.
3. Illustrate the indications for operative management and participate in the operative procedure.
4. Demonstrate the ability to distinguish critical illness and need for ICU management.
5. Practice the initial management of the traumatically injured patient.
6. Perform basic surgical skills.
7. Practice the role of an intern on the surgical team.
8. Apply the medical literature to clinical practice.

See syllabus for additional details.