Surgical Critical Care Elective
Recorded 2026-10-14 Spring 2027
Surgical Critical Care Elective
Surgical Critical Care Elective involving direct supervision by General Surgery staff, with activities including patient rounding, operative procedures, case presentations, and independent clinical preparation.
offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Perform a hypothesis driven history and complete a targeted exam
Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis for medical and surgical conditions
Using clinical evidence, adapt and justify the working diagnosis
Present a diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities
Correctly interpret imaging and laboratory findings and communicate results to patients and team members
Develop and implement effective patient management plans
Complete written documentation in a comprehensive, concise, accurate and timely manner
Review, interpret, and present current literature to support patient care
Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians and non-physician team members
Communicate and collaborate with consultants and/or primary team and other providers to coordinate care
Engage patients in shared decision making regarding tests, orders, and procedures
Avoid medical jargon when communicating with patients and families
Recognize limitations and seek assistance as appropriate
Observe the process of obtaining informed consent prior to surgical intervention
Recognize perioperative conditions that determine patient level of care and interpret physiologic changes that require changing that level of care
Perform minor procedures with supervision
Demonstrate the ability to manage time and understand, access, and utilize the resources and systems necessary to provide optimal patient care
Engage Phase 2 medical students in patient management plans, decision making regarding tests, orders, and procedures, and review of current literature
Demonstrate self-directed learning
Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
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- Graduate/professional standing
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Student experience
the class
Direct supervision by General Surgery senior residents, fellows, and attending physicians. Participate in regularly scheduled supervisor-student meetings, which involve some or all of the following: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled operative procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. Complete independent activities including some or all of the following: reading about patient conditions and preparing for direct patient care as needed. Attend conferences associated with the assigned general surgery service. Complete other patient care related learning activities as assigned by instructors; these are dependent on the individual student, the patients under the student's care, and the location.
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Topics
- General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
- Clinical rotations, operative participation, and case-based learning
- Differential diagnosis, diagnostic planning, and laboratory/imaging interpretation
- Perioperative care, informed consent, and patient level-of-care management
Skills
- Clinical assessment skills including history-taking, targeted examination, and interpretation of diagnostic findings.
- Diagnostic reasoning and patient management planning for medical and surgical conditions.
- Professional communication and engagement in shared decision-making with patients and healthcare teams.
- Perioperative care recognition, informed consent observation, and level-of-care determination.
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UW–Madison
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