USC SSIG 3rd and 4th Year Resources

SSIG - Clinical Years

Resident Readiness Elective

For more information on this elective available to all students going into some form of Surgery, please contact:

Sarah Peyre
Assistant Director
USC Surgical Skills Center
speyre@surgery.usc.edu

Here is a list of topics covered in this past year's elctive course:

History of Surgery Overview Lecture - Dr. Peter Crookes Instrument orientation Suturing review and supervised practice
Neck Gross anatomy lab with faculty Intubation review and anatomic model practice Percutaneous Tracheostomy / PEG placement lecture
Chest Gross anatomy lab with faculty Chest Tubes/Drains practice on models Endoscopy Simulator
Catheter Lab - NG/OG/Feeding tubes/JP/Hemovacs/Sumps Navy SIMS - introduction and practice running codes Heart Gross anatomy lab SIMS simulator - more practice running codes
Foregut Gross anatomy lab with faculty Laparoscopy Intro and intracorporeal suturing Laparoscopic Dexterity Drills
Midgut Gross anatomy lab with faculty Bowel Anastamosis/ligature tying in skills lab Hindgut Gross anatomy lab with faculty Central lines/A Lines/swams
Extremities / Vascular Gross anatomy lab Critical Care Issues - A/a gradient/02 extraction and parameter Vent management/Blood gases/case studies
Pig Lab: cholecystectomy, bowel resection and reanastomosis

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