Undergraduate Clerkship

Prepare for residency

The nine-week clerkship is designed to give you the experience you’ll need when you take on greater responsibilities as a resident. When you begin your clinical rotations, you will function as a member of the surgical team; you'll attend morning rounds, assist in the operating room and attend outpatient clinics.

During your clerkship, you’ll participate in three rotations, including a mandatory three-week general surgery rotation and two selective rotations that focus on one of the surgery subspecialties. You’ll also attend a seminar series throughout the surgery clerkship, which will cover the general principles of surgery.

What will I learn?

By the time you’re finished your general surgery clerkship, you’ll have a better understanding of the following areas: 

• breast
• thyroid and parathyroid
• gastrointestinal surgery
• small bowel, colon and anus
• hernias
• gastrointestinal hemorrhage
• acute abdomen, biliary tract
• pancreas and liver