Students must meet nine competencies, see below. Students participate in knot-tying, suturing, scrub technique, airway management, and introductory resuscitation workshops in the first days of the course. Detailed learning objectives are provided to students to guide their reading.
| Anesthesia |
ANES-Bag Mask Ventilation |
| GI |
GI-Hepatobiliary Disease |
| GI |
GI-Hernia |
| Ill-defined Condition |
Ill-Hypotension-surgery |
| Injury |
INJ-Trauma |
| Neoplasm (one of the competencies is required) |
NEO-Cancer—Colon, Kidney, Liver, Prostate, Skin, Thyroid, Lymphoma, Pancreatic, Breast, Lung |
| Pain (one of the competencies is required) |
PAIN-Pain Management
PAIN-Pain Assessment
PAIN-Abdominal Pain |
| Skin (one of the competencies is required) |
SKIN-Wound Care
SKIN-Wound Infection
SKIN-Burns |