SURG 929 - Center for Advanced Surgical Technologies

Institution:

University of Louisville

Subject:

Surgery

Description:

Prerequisite: Fourth year standing and a minimum grade of 85% average in the Basic Surgery Clerkship. This course is only available when a surgical resident rotates on CAST. The Center for Advanced Surgical Technologies (CAST) was formed in 1996 through a grant from the Alliant Health System Community Trust. CAST?s mission is to study, develop, promote and ultimately to teach new surgical technologies for the optimum care of patients in the 21st century. This rotation is designed to expose students to new Surgical technologies in such areas as Advanced Endoscopy, Laparoscopy, Breast Health, Endovascular Disease, Endocrine Surgery and Oncological Surgery. Students will work closely with an upper-level surgery resident who will also be on the CAST rotation. Students are expected to participate in procedures, clinics and labs that utilize new Surgical technologies on a daily basis during the rotation. Students must keep a daily log of all activities and certain quotas of participation must be fulfilled. Students will consult operative and procedure schedules from several sources, including operating rooms, endoscopy suites, vascular radiology suites, vascular labs and stereotactic breast biopsy suites at Norton, University, Jewish and VAMC hospitals, as well as the Norton Healthcare Pavilion. Students will plan out each day?s schedule in conjunction with the Surgery Resident in such a way as to maximize exposure to new Surgical technologies. Students will have a quota of activities to fulfill for each of the CAST procedures offered. Students will keep a daily log of all activities, including procedure names, lab and conferences attended, dates, attending physician names and locations. Student will use a word processor to submit their case logs at the end of the rotation.

Credits:

1.00 - 16.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.louisville.edu

Phone Number:

(502) 852-5555

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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