Thank you for visiting the Third Year Surgical Clerkship page of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Third year students are taught in traditional clerkship clinical settings on three Campuses - Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck. Experiences provide students an environment of learning in clinical surroundings ranging from physician practices in a rural health care system to urban medical centers. Surgical clerkship rotations are eight weeks in length which includes 6 weeks of general surgery and 2 weeks of cardiothoracic surgery. Over four of the past five years, students have ranked overall above the 70th percentile on the National Board Surgery Shelf Examination. Students are assessed in the areas of patient care, clinical knowledge, interpersonal skills and professionalism.
ROME is a seven-month interdisciplinary experience in a rural primary care setting open to third-year students. Students live and train in a non-metropolitan community under the supervision of physician preceptors. A goal for the ROME program is to expose students to practicing medicine in rural areas throughout the state. Following the ROME experience, four one-month rotations in Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry are completed at a more urban center. The surgical experience for students is excellent with over 100 surgical patients seen on average.
Please browse through the links above to learn more about the Third Year Surgical Clerkship we offer.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Third Year Clerkship Contacts:
Grand Forks
Phone: (701) 777-3069
FAX: (701) 777-2609
Address:
UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Department of Surgery, Room 5102
501 North Columbia Road, Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58203
Fargo
Phone: (701) 293-4126
FAX: (701) 293-4109
Address:
UND Medical Education Center
1919 North Elm
Fargo ND 58102
- Mark Jensen, MD
Campus Clerkship Director, Professor of Surgery
Email: mark_jensen@und.nodak.edu
- J. Donald Opgrande, MD
Chairman, Division of Orthopedic Surgery
Professor of Surgery
- Diane Roney
Administrative Secretary
Email: droney@medicine.nodak.edu
Bismarck
Phone: (701) 328-9574
FAX: (701) 328-9577
Address:
515 1/2 East Broadway, Suite 106
Bismarck ND 58501
- A. Michael Booth, MD
Campus Clerkship Director, Clinical Professor
Email: abooth@medicine.nodak.edu
- Evie Hudson
Administrative Assistant
Email: ehudson@medicine.nodak.edu
- William Altringer, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
- Jeanette Viney, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
