Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone: A Valuable Teaching Experience for Medical Students

Abstract

Liberte, where we setup our exam rooms and operating rooms. On Monday, June 25 the real work began. I was assigned to a medical team that included a transplant surgeon, two general surgeons, two surgical residents, a podiatrist and seven medical students. By the end of the week our team performed 70 cases including, inguinal and ventral hernias, lower limb amputations for gangrene, breast lumpectomies, excisions of massive lipomas, adult circumcisions, and the incision and drainage of abscesses, one complicated by necrotizing fasciitis. We also participated in cesarean section deliveries. We operated each day as long as electricity was available, usually from 9am to 10pm. We used the hospitals anesthesiologists,