1. Illustrate improved presentation skills.
2. Display improved fund of knowledge. Understand arterial and venous disease.
3. Be familiar with noninvasive arterial studies.
4. Understand risks of vascular procedures and benefits associated with successful completion.
5. Display an increased analytical ability to determine and prioritize relevant information.
6. Demonstrate the ability to interview, exam and initially manage patients who present with acute or chronic vascular disease and become familiar with common vascular surgery emergencies and their initial management.
7. Demonstrate the ability to organize a complex patient.
8. Demonstrate the ability to formulate a differential diagnosis for the major active problem(s).
9. Acquire and improve skills in
a. The diagnostic and preoperative evaluation of surgical diseases and the use of laboratory and radiological procedures in the management of those diseases.
b. How to manage post operative/post procedure vascular surgery patients with particular attention to cardiopulmonary status, fluid balance, anticoagulation, and the status of vascular reconstructions.
c. The intraoperative care of surgical patients.
d. How to manage post operative/post procedure vascular surgery patients with particular attention to cardiopulmonary status, fluid balance, anticoagulation, and the status of vascular reconstructions.
e. The performance of weekly physicals and histories
f. The evaluation of the results of both operative and non-operative treatment of vascular surgery diseases.