The Core Clerkship is an introduction to the principles and practices of General Surgery and is designed to expose the student to that body of information, skills, problem-solving abilities, and attitudes in Surgery which all physicians should possess, regardless of specialty choice

The rotation consists of 12 weeks:

• Six weeks of clinical experience in General Surgery.
• Three weeks of clinical experience in a Surgery Specialty as a junior member of the surgical team.
• Three weeks of clinical experience in Emergency Medicine with a series of seminars, conferences, and presentations.

We strongly encourage students to become as actively involved as possible in assigned clinical services. Students benefit from the rotation in direct proportion to the amount of interest and enthusiasm they manifest. We hope that this rotation will generate such interest and enthusiasm.

A comprehensive objective National Board Subject Examination is administered at the end of the 6-week general surgery clerkship experience.