SURG205:
To be held Spring 2024

This course is designed for preclinical students in the School of Medicine interested in acquiring the technical skills and clinical orientation necessary to learn and participate in the surgical environment. Students will begin with scrub training to learn sterile technique prior to participation in the operating room followed by basic surgical techniques (including knot tying, suturing, hand-sewn bowel anastomoses, and laparoscopic skills) to enhance their operating room experiences. In addition, the course will expose students to life as a surgeon. The class requires one to two mandatory operative shadowing experiences with an attending surgeon outside of normal class hours. Opportunities for one-on-one surgical faculty membership will be provided. This course will be held in person.  

Time commitment: Wednesday Morning 9am to 11am,
 
Entry into the course: Second year students (MD, MS2) will get priority, especially those who could not enroll in the course last year and those that plan on declaring a Surgery Scholarly Concentration. 14 students can be accommodated each quarter.
 
Indicate your interest in the course through this survey. If selected for the course, you will be emailed a code that will allow you to register for the course. All questions may be directed to Dr. Ananya Anand (Education Fellow) at aa24@stanford.edu and Dr. Connie Gan (Education Fellow) at cgan@stanford.edu.