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editorial
. 2020 Apr 28;220(1):44–47. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.04.024

Table 1.

Virtual surgical clerkship contents.

Required Patient Care Encounter Topic
Acute abdomen
 Appendicitis- TBD/WISE
 Bowel obstruction Estell Williams/WISE
 Bowel perforation Dan Kim
Surgical Oncology
 Breast Meghan Flanagan/WISE
 Skin David Byrd/WISE
 Sarcoma Teresa Kim
Endocrine
 Thyroid Nicole Zern/WISE (nodule)
 Parathyroid Nicole Zern/WISE (hypercalcemia)
 Adrenal Nicole Zern/WISE (adenoma)
GI
 Esophageal
 Benign Roger Tatum
 Malignant Farhood Farjah
 Colon
 Benign Sarah Atkinson/WISE (anorectal, diverticulitis)
 Malignant Mukta Krane/WISE (colon cancer)
Gallbladder Zoe Parr/WISE (cholescytitis)
Hernia Rebecca Petersen- Ventral
Nick Certrulo/WISE (inguinal)
Vascular
 Carotid Elina Quiroga/WISE (stenosis)
 Aortic Sherene Shalhub/WISE (AAA)
 PVD Matthew Sweet
Postop check Theresa Wang
Pain management TBD
Wound care Theresa Wang
Secondary topics: Not an encounter but could appear on the test.
Orientation and OR overview Kris Calhoun
Bariatrics Judy Chen/WISE
Hepatobiliary- Liver focus Jonathan Sham
Pancreas Venu Pillarisetty/WISE (pancreatitis) Catherine Straub
Cardiac Lara Oyetunji
Thoracic Kathleen Berfield/WISE (Lung cancer)
Trauma Trauma Staff TBD/WISE (resuscitation)
Burns Tam Pham/WISE
SICU Lorrie Langdale
Pediatrics Caitlin Smith/WISE (pyloric stenosis and hernia)
Plastics Sarah Goldsberry-Long
MIS overview Andrew Wright
Transplant Catherine Kling