The Surgery Clerkship is an intensive twelve week rotation. The first six weeks, entitled Surgery I, is directed at teaching basic trauma, critical care, emergent and general surgery principles. Students rotate for three weeks on Acute Care Surgery. They rotate for another three weeks on either a General Laparoscopic, Colorectal, Hepatobiliary, Tumor/Endocrine or Gastrointestinal Surgery service. The second half of the clerkship, Surgery II, builds on the general surgery experience. Students rotate on two surgical subspecialties for three weeks at a time. Students are asked to choose among their most desired subspecialties and every effort is made to place them in the subspecialties of their choosing. Possible subspecialties are: Burns, Cardiothoracic, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Plastics, Thoracic Foregut, Urology and Vascular Surgery.