Rotations

Resources and volume for most essential content requirements are provided through in-house rotations; however, several more specialized essential content rotations are obtained through extremely desirable out rotations at Spectrum Health: Butterworth, Spectrum Health: Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Henry Ford Hospital, Grant Medical Center, and The Cleveland Clinic. The resident rotations simulate an apprenticeship model where each resident accompanies a core faculty member for 2 month rotations. This allows the resident a continuity of care opportunity with significant pre and post-operative education. Surgery residents also rotate through McLaren Greater Lansing’s Breast Clinic, Wound Center, and Hyperbaric Center. Residents accompany core faculty to a nearby critical access hospital for training in rural surgical care and additional endoscopic procedure exposure.

Most rotations completed in-house are general surgery rotations with an emphasis on essential content areas indicated above by parentheses ().