Billings
Site Coordinator: Terry Housinger, M.D.
This clerkship is based at the Billings Clinic and Surgical Associates, and will be a side-by-side working environment between students and their preceptors. It will give students a broad base of exposure to the diversity of general surgery as well as involvement in all the main areas of general surgery. This is an intense experience with days structured to include time in the operating room, time in the office, and time on the wards making rounds and didactic lectures. Students will be involved in all aspects of patient care from the initial contact with the patient through their operative experience and postoperative recovery. This is also intended to be a hands-on experience from the standpoint of developing skills and patient assessment, patient management, technical skills in the operating room and basic procedures in and outside the operating room. http://www.billingstrack.org/clerkship/surgery.html
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Missoula
Site Coordinator: Brad Pickhardt, M.D.
Students are assigned to the surgical service of one of the major affiliated hospitals where they will serve a significant role as a part of the total patient care team. This clerkship is based at two practices, Missoula Surgical Associates, PLLC next to St. Patrick Hospital with Dr. Brad Pickhardt and General Surgery at Community Medical Center with Dr. Kristin Janczewski. They have six full time board certified surgeons and specialize in Vascular, Bariatric, GERD, Breast Conditions, Laparoscopic, Thoracic, Trauma and all cancer surgery.