1 / 13

Real-Life Medical Roles vs. Dissection Roles

Real-Life Medical Roles vs. Dissection Roles . Medical Roles. Attending Physician Chief Resident Resident (1 st year = Intern) Medical Student Undergraduate Student. Undergraduate Student.

lyris
Download Presentation

Real-Life Medical Roles vs. Dissection Roles

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Real-Life Medical Roles vs. Dissection Roles

  2. Medical Roles Attending Physician Chief Resident Resident (1st year = Intern) Medical Student Undergraduate Student

  3. Undergraduate Student Attend a 4 year university for the purpose of earning a Bachelor’s degree (BS, BA, etc…) in a specific field (business, marketing, biology, etc…)

  4. Medical Student • In medical school • Duration: 4 years • Learn the basics in order to become a physician • Years 1 & 2: re-take biology, chemistry, biochem • Years 3 & 4: work with patients

  5. Resident • In Residency program • Duration: 4-5 years • Specialize in specific field of medicine (cardiology, neurology, OB/GYN, etc…) • Performs procedures with assistance from senior residents • Supervises medical students

  6. Intern • 1styear of Residency program • “Freshman”

  7. Chief Resident • “Seniors” • Supervises residents under him/her • Trains residents under him/her • Learning to be responsible for administrative functions (making sure that tasks and documentation are completed)

  8. Attending Physician • Functions as the clinical and education leader of department • Overall responsible for training and education of those beneath him/her

  9. Dissection Roles: Medical Student • Medical student (does not need gloves) • Researcher • use WWW or book to learn about specific structures being dissected daily • b. summarize findings (take notes on handout if applicable) • c. distribute notes to remaining team members • May be asked to take pictures or video as needed using ELMO projection system

  10. Dissection Roles: Intern • Intern (needs gloves) • Sets-up dissection • Assists chief resident with surgical procedures • Cleans-up dissection

  11. Dissection Roles: Chief Resident • Chief Resident (needs gloves) • Lead dissector • Performs all surgical procedures • Supervises all subordinates

  12. Dissection Roles: Attending • Attending (does not need gloves) • Supervises all surgical procedures and group activities • Directs course of action • Overall responsible for managing all staff during lab dissection • Not usually hands-on

  13. Exceptions Only 3 people in dissection goup? Attending also performs role of medical student: Attending/Medical Student: • Responsible for supervising those beneath him/her • Functions as team leader • Overall responsible for entire team • Researcher • Record pictures and video on ELMO • Only 2 people in dissection goup? Attending also performs role of medical student and Chief Resident also performs role of Intern: • Attending/Medical Student: • Responsible for supervising those beneath him/her • Functions as team leader • Overall responsible for entire team • Researcher • Record pictures and video on ELMO • Chief Resident/Intern: • Sets-up dissection • Performs all surgical procedures • Cleans-up dissection

More Related