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Medical Students and Surgery

Current students

• Surgery clerkship rotation information
  During your eight-week surgery clerkship, you will spend four weeks on one of our specialties (either General Surgery A, General Surgery B, General Surgery ACS, Transplant, or VA Surgery) and four weeks on one of our subspecialties (Cardiothoracic, Pediatrics, Plastics, Trauma, Urology or Vascular). The specialty rotation is assigned by the coordinator, and the subspecialty rotation is assigned as close as possible to the student's personal preferences.
  
  • Syllabus for Surgery 631 (PDF)
• Surgery Interest Group

Choosing surgical residencies

• Elective rotations and externships

Other students 

• ACS Online Guide to Choosing a Surgical Residency
• American College of Surgeons: "So, You Want to be a Surgeon?" 
• Guide for obtaining a surgical residency (example from University of VA)

Other links

• Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA)
• Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)