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Orthopedic Surgery Site Information (SURGERY Clerkship)

Clerkship:

SURGERY
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Location:

DHMC

Address:

1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon NH 03756

Service or Unit:

Orthopedic Surgery

Number of Students:

1

Contact Information:

Preceptor:

James B. Ames, MD

Contact Name:

Robin L. Hemingway

Phone:

603-653-3300

Fax:

603-653-3581

Pager:

Website:

http://gme.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/ortho.html

Site Description

Type:

Rural

Meets Diversity Expectation: Yes

Description: Under guidance of surgical housestaff and faculty, this course offers an experience in inpatient and outpatient orthopedic surgical illness and intervention. E ach student will spend time on three to four subspecialty teams within Orthopedics including Sports Medicine, Adult Reconstruction, Orthopedic Trauma and Spine. Students will see patients in clinic as well as through the emergency room. The clinical experience will include both management of outpatient orthopedic issues in the clinic, inpatient orthopedic care on the wards, as well as assisting in orthopedic surgical cases throughout the rotation.

Subspecialty Activities: Sports Medicine, Uppoer Extremity, Spine, Orthopedic Trauma, Arthroplasty

Other Learning Opportunities: Daily conferences from 6:30-7:30am

Didactics: Weekly on Wednesdays with all Surgery Clerkship students

Call:
 

Call Schedule:

Two weekday nights, two weekend nights, no call on Tuesday to study for Wednesday didactics

Call Facility:

DHMC: GSM on-call rooms overseen by the Office of Clinical Education. Instructions for room sign-up posted in on-call area.

Call Details:

6:00pm-8:00am weekdays; 4:00pm-8:00am weekends

Demographics

Population: Large referral area: NH, VT, ME, NY

No. of Patient:

Patient Encounters: Clinics: Goal of 2-3 clinic experiences per week (clinicsl typicall see 20-30 patients)

OR: Goal of 2-3 OR days per week (3-4 Cases per day)

Patient Census: Goal of following 1-5 patients at a time while inpatient

Medical Procedures Info:

Practice Staff: See http://gme.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/ortho/faculty.html

Site Details

Communication Access:
 

Computer Access:

DHMC: Student lounge, Rubin guilding

Phone Access:

Mail Access:

A student may contact Kellogg mailroom ot forward US Mail, but not Hinman mail

Meals:
 

Meals Provided:

Yes

Meal Venue:

Cafeteria

Meals Details:

Dress Code: During the week attire should be a clean white coat, tie and professional dress. During the evening and weekend hours, more casual dress is acceptable.

Equipment/Texts: "Essentials of General Surgery" by Lawrence will be provided as required reading for didactic studies. It is recommended to read 20 pages per night during the Surgery Clerkship rotaitons.

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Trans. at Site:

Public Transportation - Advance Transit

Trans. Fees:

Free with Student ID

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Parking at Site:

Yes

Parking Fees:

No

Housing

Housing Type: Varies - See Clerkship
 

No. of Rooms:

0

No. of Bedrooms:

0

No. of Bathrooms:

0

Shared Housing: Yes
 

Shared With:

Shared Room:

yes

Private Bathrooms:

Yes

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Kitchen Facilities:

Yes

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Yes

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