HMC Department of Surgery
Course Overview
The UW Medicine Regional Burn Center welcomes UW School of Medicine and visiting fourth year medical students to a diversity of burn surgery experiences during a four week elective at Harborview Medical Center.
Goals & Objectives:
- Gain exposure to patients with thermal injury and be involved in their overall care from admission through reconstruction
- Participate in the management of the metabolic and critical care issues encountered by severely ill patients
- Actively participate in surgical procedures: including grafting procedures and treatment of major complicated wounds
- Develop critical care management skills and techniques, including resuscitation, line placement, non-invasive monitoring
