Surgical Education
General Surgery Residency Program

Goals and Objectives of PGY Level

Academic:

We hope to instill good learning and reading habits. Residents learn the difference between anecdotal experience and scientific proof. Demagoguery never wins when compared with double-blind randomized studies. Basic science is reviewed weekly, structured by chapters from the "Physiologic Basis of Surgery" by J. Patrick O'Leary and the Surgical Resident Curriculum. Every Categorical resident is expected to write at least one paper per year. These papers are part of the Housestaff Research Paper Competition. The resident learns how to plan a project and hopefully experience the joy of one question leading to another. The PGY1 residents are involved with medical student teaching. Teaching students is an obligation and a privilege.

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