What UCSF medical students can expect on their general surgery rotation in Fresno
What UCSF medical students can expect on their general surgery rotation in Fresno
Each year, third year medical students start the wards.
They have to do rotations in………..
In general surgery, they do their rotations at the VA, SFGH, or Moffit Hospital.
Some students choose to do their rotation at Fresno.
Here is a summary of what students experience while at Fresno for general surgery.
First, students will need a little adjustment in their mindset. It turns out that the population is Fresno is relatively poor, and the Fresno healthcare system is overwhelmed. This means that medical students do indeed make a difference by being there — their presence is actually important.
Get a personality check. Coming from a place like UCSF, where political correctness and professionalism rules the day, you might be put off by some of the things you see in Fresno. Some of the personalities, as one student put is, are “hard to deal with.” That being said, if you go with an open mind and a friendly attitude, things should work themselves out.
Get ready to rumble. The experience medical students get at Fresno is unsurpassable. You will be in the OR often, and you will work hard. As one student puts it, “Call is tough, but you can learn a lot and be really useful to the resident.”
Learn here and there. Students often say the teaching is slighly lack luster, as compared to the teaching they expect to receive at Moffit Hospital or SFGH.
Who’s cool to be in the OR with? Students recommend scrubbing in with Dr. Maser and Dr. Townsend.
Student responses to a survey on clinical rotations
Student #1: Remember that in Fresno we really make a difference for the patients, even if it’s hard to deal with some of the personalities. The attendings are quite smart and wary of UCSF students given some bad history so starting off with an open mind and friednly attitude is important. The teaching is not as good but the experience tops anything else. Ask questions even if no one is listening. Try to participate in the OR. Call is tough but you can learn a lot and be really useful to the resident. Get into OR with Maser and Townsend.
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