{"id":24755,"date":"2019-02-03T02:01:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T07:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=24755"},"modified":"2025-03-21T23:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T03:03:08","slug":"ucsf-general-surgery-intern-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=24755","title":{"rendered":"GENERAL INTERN GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#OVERVIEW\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> OVERVIEW<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#GENERAL_RECORD_KEEPING\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> GENERAL RECORD KEEPING<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#GENERAL_INTERN_KNOWLEDGE\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> GENERAL INTERN KNOWLEDGE:<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#SPECIFIC_INTERN_TASKSSKILLS\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> SPECIFIC INTERN TASKS\/SKILLS:<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#SITE_SPECFIC_INORMATION_UCSF_GENERAL_SURGERY\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">5<\/span> SITE SPECFIC INORMATION (UCSF GENERAL SURGERY):<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#OTHER\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">6<\/span> OTHER<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h5><span id=\"OVERVIEW\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OVERVIEW<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>This page is meant to serve as a localized source of information for interns (with some emphasis on the UCSF general surgery program). Below the content has been organized into different sections.<\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"GENERAL_RECORD_KEEPING\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GENERAL RECORD KEEPING<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Often times interns will have to do generic housekeeping tasks that are outlined below:<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=25336\">Logging Work Hours Using Medhub\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=25174\">Logging Cases In The ACGME Database<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"GENERAL_INTERN_KNOWLEDGE\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GENERAL INTERN KNOWLEDGE:<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>There are certain aspects of the intern year that apply to most all interns (regardless of location or type of program). They are highlighted in the sections below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=25275\"><strong>Basic Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Techniques<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=24735\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Guide To Intern Etiquette<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=25416\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How To Manage Common Medical Problems<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"SPECIFIC_INTERN_TASKSSKILLS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SPECIFIC INTERN TASKS\/SKILLS:<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>The sections below will go over in detail how to perform specific intern tasks or special skills that will be useful to the efforts of an intern:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=25367\"><strong><u>How To\u00a0Pre-Admit Patients<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"SITE_SPECFIC_INORMATION_UCSF_GENERAL_SURGERY\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SITE SPECFIC INORMATION (UCSF GENERAL SURGERY):<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>As a UCSF surgery intern you will be rotating through various hospitals\/sites. There is some universal information that is relevant to all rotations at a specific site that can be found in the sections below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=24759\"><strong>San Francisco VA Hospital\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"OTHER\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OTHER<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Content in this section may need to be more flushed out and then organized in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=25324\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How To Discharge Patients<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=25316\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How To Prepare For Your Next Rotation<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page Contents1 OVERVIEW2 GENERAL RECORD KEEPING3 GENERAL INTERN KNOWLEDGE:4 SPECIFIC INTERN TASKS\/SKILLS:5 SITE SPECFIC INORMATION (UCSF GENERAL SURGERY):6 OTHER OVERVIEW This page is meant to serve as a localized source of information for interns (with some emphasis on the UCSF general surgery program). Below the content has been organized into different sections. 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