Acute Care Surgery (Traumatology/Surgical Critical Care/Emergency General Surgery)

Rotation Director:                                                     J. Forrest Calland, M.D. 

           
Attendings:                                                                Jeffrey S. Young, MD, FACS

                                                                                 Carlos Tache-Leon, MD

                                                                                 Robert Sawyer,  MD  

                                                                                 Michael D. Williams, MD 

                                                                                 Zequan Yang, MD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Curriculum and Resident Responsibilities
 
The Trauma Service consists of five residents, a fourth-year General Surgery resident (Chief of Service), Three Trauma/Critical Care residents (2nd year categorical General Surgery resident, 3rd year Emergency Medicine resident), and two Acute Care interns (1st year Surgery resident, 1st year Emergency Medicine resident), and medical students.
 

Learning Objectives

 Upon completion of the trauma rotation all medical students should be able to:

1.      Discuss the pathophysiology of traumatic injury and the inflammatory response

2.      Describe the initial evaluation, diagnosis, and stabilization of the injured patient

3.      Describe proper diagnostic and treatment algorithms for all common thoracic, abdominal, spine and orthopedic injuries

4.      Discuss the treatment of all major critical care complications including ARDS, renal failure, sepsis, and common infections

5.      Develop capability in the performance of basic bedside procedures under adequate supervision of the Chief Resident or Course Director

Responsibilities

Medical students are expected to participate in all clinical and educational activities on the trauma service. As part of the team students should:

1.  Participate in all inpatient and outpatient care to multiple and severe adult trauma patients.

2.  Participate in all critical care service to critically burned patients

3.  Assist with trauma surgery and general surgical operation

4.  Accompany residents on consultative services to the Emergency Department and hospital for evaluation of the injured patient

5.  Come to Dr. Calland and Dr. Young’s Trauma Clinic on Friday mornings

6.  Produce a 10-15 minute presentation on a focused topic for a Friday afternoon Trauma Conference.

         -      Please use an approved UVA institutional PPT template: http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/content/uva-health-system-logos-powerpoint-templates-and-photos

-  On the same day that your talk is delivered, forward a copy of the presentation to Dr. Calland.

-   Please concentrate on a topic that you have identified in one of your patients and answer a SPECIFIC clinical question rather than summarizing a textbook chapter.  You do not have to extensively summarize the organ system or disease process / injury that inspired your research question.

-   Please focus on the primary literature (rather than textbooks and review articles) as your sources.

-   Please include the relevant figures from the scientific articles you have summarized, and slides that describe the methodology of the study.

-   Be critical, ask yourself how the authors came to their conclusions and whether their conclusions are reasonable.

Thank you for your time and attention.  We look forward to working with you!

JF Calland, MD