PCOM students should follow all rules and guidelines established by the PCOM Department of Clinical Education.
PCOM students rotating on a "home" surgery or specialty surgery rotation are required to attend weekly Surgery Grand Rounds on Tuesdays from 9:30-12:30 on the PCOM campus. Your attendance and participation in Grand Rounds will be graded. Unless otherwise instructed by your clinical preceptor, students should plan on showing up to your assigned rotation site before Grand Rounds and returning to the hospital following conference. All of the clinical rotation sites in the PCOM consortium are aware of this policy and enforce it.
Students are expected to participate in discussions, journal club and Mortality & Morbidity conference at Grand Rounds. Parts of the clerkship exam come from the topics discussed and the journal articles presented. The group leader for each rotation should make arrangements to email copies of journal articles to all members of the group. Students are also required to present a case at Grand Rounds during their 8 week surgical rotation.
The required textbook for medical students is Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, 5th edition. This book is available to students in the library as well as free online through the PCOM Library website.
Grand Rounds Case Presentation Guidelines
1. Case presentations should be approximately 10-12 minutes in length (10-15 powerpoint slides for most cases) and be a case pertinent to the field of General Surgery or a general surgery subspecialty (Vascular, Colorectal, Trauma, Cardiothoracic, Plastics, etc).
2. Present a case which you are familiar with, ie: admitted the patient, participated in the surgery, followed postoperatively.
3. Have pertinent information regarding the patient: labs, xrays, CT scans, pathology reports, etc. Ideally you should be showing copies of the patients own films rather than "example" type pictures.
4. Highlight the surgical management of the patient and brief postoperative course. Keep non-essential details to a minimum.
5. DO NOT TEACH! This is your opportunity to present a CASE, not give a lecture.
6. Be prepared to answer questions about your particular patient and findings as well as about the overall disease pathology that your patient has.
7. Dress appropriately for your presentation. Remember you are presenting to a group of your peers as well as Attendings and guest clincians.
8. Cite resources as appropriate.
Failure to comply with these guidelines may result in a failing grade for your presentation and therefore a failing grade for your clerkship.
Below you will find example cases presented by PCOM students at Grand Rounds. These are complete and concise presentations and should be used as examples of what is expected of you.
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