Alice Peck Day Hospital / Mt. Ascutney Hospital / DHMC
Address:
1 Medical Center Drive Lebanon NH 03756
Service or Unit:
Community General Surgery
Number of Students:
1
Contact Information:
Preceptor:
Brent C. White, MD
Contact Name:
Brent C. White, MD
Phone:
603-650-8010
Fax:
603-650-8030
Pager:
Website:
Site Description
Type:
Rural
Meets Diversity Expectation: Yes
Description: A full range of general surgery as well as surgical endoscopy (upper endoscopy and colonoscopy) in an outpatient setting. Students on this rotation will largely be working with DHMC general surgeon attendings in their community practice in a one-on-one fashion. The emphasis will be on evaluating outpatients with common general surgical conditions in the clinic setting as well as scrubbing and first assisting surgical attendings on common same-day general surgical procedures. patient population is a diverse group of patients spanning from occasional pediatric patients to geriatric patient population. There is relatively little emergency work and no trauma, therefore, night call will be accomplished at DHMC.
Subspecialty Activities: If desired, time can be spent either with orthopaedic (APD) and ophthalmology staff (MAH).
Other Learning Opportunities:
Didactics: Weekly on Wednesdays at DHMC 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: Primary catchment area of APD, MAH, as well as some DHMC general surgery clinic NH, VT (40,000)
No. of Patient:
Patient Encounters: Aim is for 10-15 total patient encounters per week
Clinics - 5-10 patients per week (2.5 clinics per week)
Operating Room - 5-10 patients per week (2.5 OR days per week)
Patient Census: Essentially no inpatient responsibilities with very few exceptions (occasional opportunity to evaluate ER patients that general surgery is consulted on during office hours).
Medical Procedures Info:
Practice Staff: Brent C. White, MD (MAH)
Sean D. Bears, MD (DHMC)
Catherine Schneider, MD (MAH)
Sarah E. Billmeier, MD (APD, General Surgery and Endoscopy)
Chris Connor (MAH, Ophthalmology)
Site Details
Communication Access:
Computer Access:
DHMC: Student Lounge, Rubin Building
Phone Access:
Yes
Mail Access:
A student may contact Kellogg mailroom to 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 pager per night during the Surgery Clerkship rotations.
Site Travel
Distance from DHMC: 4.1 miles to APD; 14.4 miles to MAH