Curriculum
General Surgery Residency Program at Community Medical Center
Sample rotation schedule:
First Year General Surgery Residency (PGY-1)
- General Surgery – 12 weeks
- Vascular Surgery – 4 weeks
- Breast Surgery – 8 weeks
- Trauma/Acute Care Surgery – 4 weeks
- Colorectal Surgery – 4 weeks
- Burn – 4 weeks
- Emergency Medicine/Anesthesia – 4 weeks
- Pathology/Radiology – 4 weeks
- Nightfloat – 4 weeks
- Vacation – 4 weeks
Second Year General Surgery Residency (PGY-2)
- General Surgery – 4 weeks
- Vascular Surgery – 4 weeks
- Breast Surgery – 8 weeks
- Trauma/Acute Care Surgery – 4 weeks
- Surgical ICU – 8 weeks
- Surgical Oncology – 4 weeks
- Minimally Invasive Surgery/GI Surgery – 4 weeks
- Endoscopy – 4 weeks
- Elective – 4 weeks
- Nightfloat – 4 weeks
- Vacation – 4 weeks
Third Year General Surgery Residency (PGY-3)
- General Surgery – 8 weeks
- Trauma/Acute Care Surgery – 4 weeks
- Colorectal Surgery – 8 weeks
- Transplant Surgery – 4 weeks
- Pediatric Surgery – 8 weeks
- Head and Neck Surgery – 8 weeks
- Elective – 4 weeks
- Nightfloat – 4 weeks
- Vacation – 4 weeks
Fourth Year General Surgery Residency (PGY-4)
- General Surgery – 8 weeks
- Vascular Surgery – 8 weeks
- Thoracic Surgery – 8 weeks
- Surgical Oncology – 8 weeks
- Minimally Invasive Surgery/GI Surgery – 8 weeks
- Elective – 4 weeks
- Nightfloat – 4 weeks
- Vacation – 4 weeks
Fifth Year General Surgery Residency (PGY-5)
- General Surgery – 8 weeks
- Vascular Surgery – 8 weeks
- Colorectal Surgery – 8 weeks
- Surgical Oncology – 8 weeks
- Minimally Invasive Surgery/GI Surgery – 4 weeks
- Head and Neck Surgery – 4 weeks
- Elective – 4 weeks
- Nightfloat – 4 weeks
- Vacation – 4 weeks
Didactics and Conference
- Grand rounds
- Case presentations
- Journal club
- M&M
- Tumor board conferences
- SCORE conference
- Research conference
- Simulation Lab
Research & Scholarly Activity
- All residents are required to participate in scholarly activity such as a quality improvement, clinical, educational, or policy research project.
- Residents will have electronic access to medical library materials
- The program will provide support for residents to attend regional and/or national conferences
- Resident participation on hospital and/or departmental committees will be encouraged