MED MS 311:Surgery Clerkship (eight weeks) During the eight-week Surgery Clerkship, students are assigned to a four-week rotation in general surgery at one of six sites: Boston Medical Center, the West Roxbury VA Hospital, Cape Cod Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center, MetroWest, Berkshires Medical Center or Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center. Students also do two rotations (two weeks each) of other surgical subspecialties such as vascular surgery, anesthesiology, minimally invasive surgery, or acute care/trauma surgery, and a limited number of slots in orthopedics, urology, and otolaryngology. Each of these rotations includes experience in the OR. All rotations except anesthesiology include experience as part of the surgical team caring for patients on the surgical wards, and outpatient care in surgical clinics. Students work directly with faculty in the OR, in the clinic, and in regular meetings with their preceptors. All students (except those at Kaiser and the Berkshires) return to Boston Medical Center for didactics on Fridays, and they participate in educational conferences with the residents and attendings.