Inpatient/Outpatient US Clinical Experience in General Surgery in Los Angeles

Information about this clinical experience:

You will be under the supervision of a board-certified general surgeon who has been practicing for approximately 20 years. The preceptor went to medical school and completed residency training in general surgery in the Midwest before establishing a practice in California. While training, the doctor was named "Resident of the Year" and received recognition for the quality of research performed. The doctor has continued this level of excellence as a general surgeon in practice, and is well regarded among peers and colleagues. The doctor holds staff appointments at the following hospitals:

• Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center

• South Coast Global Medical Center

• Anaheim Global Medical Center

• Chapman Global Medical Center

During your experience, you will learn the following U.S. medical practices under the preceptor’s supervision (please note that this experience remains within the regulations of California pertaining to the unlicensed practice of medicine):

• Taking patient histories under supervision.

• Performing physical exams under the physician's supervision.

• Presenting patients.

• Writing or entering clinic progress notes under supervision.

• Researching the literature to answer clinical questions at the point of care.

• Educating patients under supervision.

• Observing a variety of surgeries in the operating room (per hospital policy, rotators are permitted to scrub in at the ambulatory surgical center but not the hospital).

• Delivering talks about important topics.

• Have opportunities to teach other team members.

The activities above will mostly take place in the outpatient setting. As a result of hospital policies, inpatient activities will be more observational.

You may also have the opportunity to work on a research project. Interested rotators are encouraged to discuss this possibility with the preceptor early in the clinical experience. The availability of such opportunities is at the discretion of the preceptor.