Intro to general surgery & a variety of surgical specialties with an emphasis on foundational skills & knowledge development.

Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.

Department of Surgery Mentored Summer Research Program. You will be paired with a faculty mentor for a specific scholarly research project, guided through the completion of the project, and culminate in a research symposium.

Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Students will be exposed to the diverse spectrum of urologic practice through shadowing residents and attending’s in clinic and observation in the OR. Students will spent 12.5 hours of observation in Urology with a faculty member split between the clinic and operating room. Students may be assigned to faculty at the University of Colorado Hospital or Denver Health. Students will be responsible for scheduling their observations times with the attending physician. Requirement: Must contact Course Director or Coordinator within the first two weeks of the course to arrange schedule after adding this elective.

Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP

Typically Offered: Summer.

Students perform intern responsibilities on General Surgery Service at University of Colorado Hospital. Students alternate night call, write orders on assigned patients and participate in preoperative, operative and postoperative care of inpatients.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

4 or 6 wks. Max:3. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Join an Acute Care Surgery Team at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Course emphasizes pre-operative evaluation, operating room decisions and postoperative care outside the ICU. Student will attend clinics, rounds, conferences and surgical procedures.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Held at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital with emergency & elective surgery. Emphasize pre- and postoperative care. Graduated operating room experience and exposure to skills lab. Active participation in surgery clinic. Housestaff team assignments with assigned faculty mentors. Active daily conferences, including Grand Rounds and M&M.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Participating students will rotate with specialists in breast imaging, breast surgery, medical and radiation oncology, plastic surgery, and pathology to gain a 360-degree perspective on the evaluation and management of breast cancer. Students will attend the multidisciplinary breast cancer conferences to develop an understanding of how specialists work as a team to develop the optimal treatment plan.

Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Adult cardiac and general thoracic surgery and critical care monitoring on the Cardiothoracic Service at UCH. Students will participate in preoperative, operative and postoperative care.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Acting sub-intern on the Burn Service, works with Burn and related Surgical Critical Care cases. High level of patient care responsibility, including bedside procedures, burn care, and line changes. Works with attending faculty to gain a multidisciplinary approach to burns.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

The Urology Acting Internship course is designed to give medical students interested in Urology an immersive educational experience and prepare them for residency. Our Acting Internship is a modified preceptorship divided into two, two-week blocks. Acting interns spend four weeks in two affiliated hospitals to achieve an in-depth educational and diverse clinical experience. Rotation sites may vary based on availability and may include the University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and/or Denver Health Hospital.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Student will assume major clinical responsibility for pediatric surgical patients, will work with housestaff, share patient care and work-ups, act as liaison to families, attend operations and teaching conferences, and actively participate in the surgical management of infants and children.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Students learn basic principles of wound healing, care, and management; management and reconstruction of maxillofacial trauma; head and neck cancer; congenital anomalies; tissue transplantation; breast reconstruction, cosmetic surgery; and management of post-surgical patients. Time is spent at University of Colorado Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Denver Health.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Assigned to surgical ICU, work with critical care residents, fellow and staff. Students gain experience in resuscitation, hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, nutritional support, bedside ultrasound and all aspects in care of critically ill surgical patients.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

The medical student will round with the transplant team, such as: surgeons, nephrologists, and hepatologists. They will be exposed to all aspects of transplant care including preoperative work up, such as donor surgery, transplant surgery and post-operative care.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Students perform intern level responsibilities on the Vascular Surgery Service at UCH and Outpatient Based Lab. Students participate in pre, operative, and post-operative care for patients by scrubbing in on aortic reconstructions, carotid endarterectomies, lower extremity bypass, amputations, dialysis access, and peripheral endovascular cases.

Grading Basis: Medical School HP

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

This Surgery elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 4 weeks.

Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

This Research Surgery elective will be held at a site in Colorado. Students must complete application in Oasis and obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. A research mentor must be designated at the time of Departmental approval.

Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

This Surgery research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 8 or 12 weeks.

Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.