Six year schedule
Program Totals33 months OMFS 16 months General Surgery 19 months Medical School 4 months Anesthesia Year IThe first year consists of three basic activities: 1) Graduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Graduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery comprises ten months of the first year of training and includes both didactic and clinical components. The clinical component during the first year of training is comprised of performing and assisting in oral and maxillofacial surgery at all levels of patient care, including in-patients and ambulatory patients, in both clinic and operating room settings and in the diagnostic and therapeutic phases of care. Principles of Clinical Medicine is a formal medical school course that teaches the trainee the basic skills of obtaining a medical history from patients and performing complete medical examinations. The course extends throughout the first year of the program. The trainee is registered as a special medical student during this time period. Anesthesiology is a two-month rotation in the Department of Anesthesiology where the trainee functions at the resident level. The resident learns principles of anesthesia and delivers anesthesia care to patients from all surgical disciplines. Year IIThe second year consists of the School of Medicine’s core clinical clerkships. The resident has no responsibilities on the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service during this year. This year is divided into eight months of multidisciplinary ambulatory experience and four months of in-patient experience. The ambulatory experience includes rotations in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Ob/Gyn, General Surgery, Orthopedics and ENT. The in-patient experience includes clerkships in Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Beginning to End (BTE). BTE is where students see patients in ED and follow them to whatever service. Year IIIDuring the third year, the final 10 months of medical school clerkships are completed. The remainder of the medical school rotations consist of three months in advanced in-patient/emergency care/critical care, two months of a research/community health/education selective, and five months of elective time (three of which are OMFS). Upon successful completion of these 10 months, the trainee will have fulfilled the requirements for obtaining a medical degree, which will be awarded during the regularly scheduled graduation in May. The remaining two months of the year are assigned to an anesthesia rotation. Year IVThe fourth year is a general surgery year in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine Integrated General Surgery Training Program accredited by the Residency Review Committee for Surgery of the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education. This year is comprised of rotations on: general surgery, surgical specialties, trauma surgery, plastic surgery, surgery emergency room, surgery intensive care unit, and two months of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Year VThe fifth year consists of six months of continued time on the general surgery service and six months on the OMFS service. For part of the OMFS time, the resident will function at chief resident level. Year VIThe sixth year is spent as a chief resident on the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service. As chief resident, the trainee has major responsibility for delivery of patient care and for leadership of junior residents. Time is spent as chief resident at each of our affiliated hospitals.
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