Welcome to the Surgery Site

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Welcome to the surgery rotation!  On this website you will find the information you need for a successful and fun month.  The goals of the surgery rotation are to learn about common diagnoses that require surgical intervention and the indications for when to refer to a surgeon, to learn about common post-operative complications and how to manage them, and to gain experieince with common office and operative procedures.  To help you attain these goals there are several resources and learning opportunities:

  • on this webpage you will find a recommended reading list on core surgical topics
  • quizzes (6 short quizzes based on topic area -- all are mandatory but no scores recorded)
  • a checklist of recommended procedures for the month
  • two wound care modules (required)
  • radiology topics including case-based learning examples
  • 2 x hour-long meetings with the facutly supervisor for this rotation including discussion of key articles

If you have questions, concerns or comments, please don't hesitate to contact the faculty in charge of these rotations:

Email Dr. Rich

Contact Information

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Dr. David Fischer, general surgery: Suite 304 TCH MOB; Office 475-8787; pager 230-2690; cell 518-0846

Dr. Jennifer Manders, breast surgery: meet in cancer center TCH D level; Office 4440 Red Bank set 220, 564-5000; cell 502-2930; email jennifer.manders@thechristhospital.com 

Dr. Reed Shank, urology: Suite 108 TCH MOB; Office 721-7373; Nurse (Tracy) 585-1542

Dr. Joh Snyder, colorectal surgery: Suite 524 TCH MOB; Office 475-8787; cell 226-2137

Dr. Ron Reynolds, family medicine: Suite 235 TCH MOB 

Dr. Montiel Rosenthal, family medicine: Suite 235 TCH MOB 

Sally Arnold, wound care: 5885 Harrison Ave, suite 2100, Cincinnati 45248; office 585-4595; email sally.arnold@thechristhospital.com

 

Additional Learning Opportunities and Resources

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Wound care modules: Modules I and II only -- please complete prior to your first session with Sally Arnold.  Each module takes about 30 minutes.

Radiology: There is a required radiology component included in the month. You will (1) review how to read an abdominal plain film and (2) you will also review 5 common cases and learn the appropriate imaging modality in those settings. We are open to feedback and suggestions for improvement if you feel other things would be useful to add or adjust! 

  • Abdominal Films: pre-test, module, post-test (please schedule a time with Dr Rich or Dr Mount to take post-test prior to the end of the rotation)
  • Surgery radiology cases: pretest, cases, post-test

 

Surgery Intern Guide: words of wisdom from last year's class.

C diff app: created by our own Dr Bernheisel, this app helps to distinguish between treat options for c diff based on severity of disease. To add to your device, open the link in your phone. After it loads, select the icon that is a rectangle with an arrow going out of it on the bottom of your screen (next to the book appearing icon). Select "Add to Home Screen". One final note: the app is designed to go in order from top to bottom. If you try to answer the questions out of order, a button may not do anything. 

Recommended Reading List

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Procedure List

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Procedures listed are those commonly encountered during both in-patient and ambulatory surgical settings.  Procedures are sorted as “required”, “recommended”, or “optional” based on the Procedures Curriculum for the residency.  A "minimum" number is listed as is a "goal" number.  This is based off the numbers needed to be considered competent to perform the procedure independently (see Procedures Curriculum for more detail on this).  You are not required to complete a certain number of procedures to pass the rotation.  This is merely to guide you and the surgeons you will be working with toward the experiences that we hope you will have the opportunity to participate in.

Procedure List