During this 2-week rotation, your time will be split between cast clinic/wound care, the office, the OR and ambulatory care. There is also often scheduled study time. This rotation gives you a lot of variety and a ton of hands on practice with procedures and suturing.
Currently there are 3 plastic surgeons in town. They all practice a wide scope with both reconstructive and cosmetic procedures.
There is also an oral and facial surgeon who you will likely work with doing various dental procedures.
In the cast clinic/wound care and office, you will be seeing consults and follow-ups. Common things you will see include hand pathology, skin lesions and complex wound care.
In ambulatory care, you will get to help with minor procedures, such a biopsies, carpal tunnel release, etc. Here, you will get a lot of hands on practice and independence to do procedures on your own if you feel comfortable.
In the OR, the types of procedures can be quite varied, so check the OR slate ahead of time. Again you will likely get the opportunity to do a lot of suturing practice. You will probably spend a day or two in the OR with the oral/facial surgeon. This will mostly be doing dental procedures, but you will get experience doing facial nerve blocks.
No official call, however you can let your preceptor know to call you if anything interesting comes in and you want to be involved.
If your schedule says hand clinic, that just means cast clinic. You will likely see mostly hand pathology, but there can be some other consults that come in.
If you want hands on experience doing a lot of procedures, this is a really good rotation for that!