Welcome to Harborview Medical Center’s Burn Rotation
Within the General Surgery program, residents rotate through a Burn service within the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center.
The Burn Service Rotation is primarily a Chief Resident run service.
First year residents spend four weeks on this rotation while Chief residents spend 5 weeks.
The Chief Resident is responsible for running the inpatient service and outpatient clinic with direct and indirect supervision by the Burn Attendings and Burn Fellows and is expected to supervise and support the four to five first-year surgical residents in performing their clinical duties for the service.
HMCB R1
The R1 is assigned to general surgery for 5 to 6 months at Harborview, within that time they are assigned to a four- week rotation on Burns.
Responsibility focuses on initial evaluation and on pre/post-operative care. The R1 assists in operations on his or her patients and performs appropriate operative procedures.
HMCB R3
The R3 is assigned to general surgery for 5 to 6 months at Harborview, within that time they are assigned to a five- week rotation on Burns. The R3 experiences the primary responsibility of leading a team under the direction of a chief resident.
This leadership role is reinforced on the Burns service where the R3 serves as the senior resident. The R3 performs major operations under close supervision.
