Weekly Meetings

When on the General Surgery month (Surg A, H, G or P), the student meets with Dr. Anthony Meyer, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, every Wednesday at 4:00 pm and Dr. George Sheldon, Former Chairman, every Thursday at 4:00 pm. All of these meetings occur in 4050 Burnett-Womack.

Topics included in Dr. Meyer's sessions:

• Career Decision Making

• Managing Dying Patients

• Making Errors and How to Deal With Them

• Health Care Economics

• Student-Chosen Topics

Topics included in Dr. Sheldon's sessions:

• Career Life Planning (see below)

• Professionalism (ppt)

• Nutrition (ppt)

• Malpractice (ppt)

• U.S. Health System (ppt)

For the first meeting with Dr. Sheldon, each student should complete the following program. It is a Pathway Evaluation Program that can help medical students think about which career path is best for them.

• Pathway Evaluation Program

• Accompanying Spreadsheet

• Explanation of How the Program Works