1. Surgeon By Garrett Day

2. Job description of a Surgeon  Surgeons are physicians who operate to repair injuries, prevent diseases, and generally improve the health of patients  General surgeons perform many kinds of operations. Others specialize in one type of operation or one system or area of the body

3. Typical work day and hours.  Surgeons work long hours, mostly at hospitals where they operate on patients.  Surgeons frequently perform emergency operations.  Most surgeons maintain offices outside hospitals where they explain procedures to their patients

4. Educational requirements  Medical schools require applicants to have bachelor's degrees, usually with majors in a science, such as chemistry or biology.  Most medical colleges have four-year programs that lead to doctor of medicine (MD) degrees.  A few medical schools offer combined undergraduate and medical school programs.  In all cases, medical school is followed by internships and residencies—on-the-job training at

5. School choices  Northwestern university www.northwestern.edu  633 Clark Street Evanston, IL 60208 Evanston:  Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine www.feinberg.northwestern.edu  303 E. Chicago Ave, Ward 1-003 Chicago, IL 60611  Seattle University www.seattleu.edu  901 12th Ave., P.O. Box 222000, Seattle, WA  University of Washington school of medicine uwmedicine.washington.edu  Seattle, WA / 206-543-1060

6. Course outline for a degree  Bachelors degree in biochemistry-  Freshman year  English Composition I & II  MATH 1610 1620 Calculus I & II  Core History  BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology and Lab(1021)  General Chemistry I &II  General Chemistry Lab I & II

7. Sophomore year  Engineering Physics I & II  Core History  MATH 2630 Calculus III  MATH 2650 Linear Differential Equation  CHEM 2070 2080 Organic Chemistry I & II  CHEM 2071 2081 Organic Chemistry Lab I & II  CHEM 3050 Analytical Chemistry  CHEM 3051 Analytical Chemistry Lab

8. Junior year  World Literature I  General Microbiology  Biochemistry I & II  Biochemistry Lab  Genetics  Chemical Literature  Physical Chemistry I & II  Physical Chemistry Lab I & II  Elective

9. Senior year  World Literature II  Core Fine Arts  Core Philosophy  Core Social Science Group I & II  Special Problems in Chemistry  Undergraduate Seminar  Inorganic Chemistry  Inorganic Chemistry Lab  Instrumental Analysis  Instrumental Analysis Lab  Undergraduate Graduation

10. Med school course outline  1 st Year-  Medical decision making  Structure and function  Problem based learning 1,2,3, & 4  Medical decision making  Patients in context  Clinical ethics  Communication skills  Physician examination skills weeks  Cultural dynamics in medicine  College curriculum forms

11. Med school  2 nd year-  Scientific Basis of Medicine  Problem-Based Medicine (PBL)  Organization and Economics of Medicine  Clinical Skills  Vulnerable Groups of Profession of Medicine  Healthy Living  Clinical Skills  Seminar Break  Vulnerable Groups or Profession of Medicine  Clinical Skills Assessment

12. Med school  3 rd year-  Weeks  1 Introduction to Clinical Clerkships  12 Medicine  4 Neurology  6 Obstetrics and Gynecology  6 Pediatrics  4 Primary Care  4 Psychiatry  12 Surgery  Once Monthly Interdisciplinary Medicine

13.  4 th year-  2Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  4Emergency Medicine  4Critical Care  4Sub Internship  12 Hours Teaching Selective  Once Monthly Patient Physician Society IV

14. Possible work areas  Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago  Cook County Hospital- Chicago  Harborview Medical Center- Seattle  Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore

15. Job outlook  The long term job out look is to finish residency and become a long term staff member of a hospital  Needs more information that could be found on the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

16. Impact of discipline  Surgery has changed society by giving people a greater chance to live if there in an accident, if they have cancer, or any other type of disease.  Need specific examples of technology impact. How many surgries are done every year.

17. New technology  Called natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), an endoscope is inserted through a natural body opening, rather than through an internal incision in the stomach. This avoids any external incisions or scars

18. Company's to work at  Johns Hopkins Hospital- Baltimore  Cook county Hospital- Chicago  Harborview Medical Center- Seattle  Massachusetts General Hospital- Boston

19. Job description  Performs surgery to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent diseases, and improve function in patients: Examines patient to verify necessity of operation, estimate possible risk to patient, and determine best operational procedure.

20. Professional organization  American medical association- to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. Needs web site