For Future General Surgery ResidentsThe General Surgery Training Program has 15 interns:
Categorical positions are six years in length, a period that includes five years of clinical training and one year of research or other advanced training, such as a critical care fellowship. Six chief residents in general surgery graduate each year. The residency provides progressive responsibility in:
First-Year Goals
First-year residents participate actively in the operating rooms and clinics. Second-Year Goals
Procedural exposure is excellent during the second year. Second-year residents participate in an advanced laparoscopic lab. Third-Year GoalsThe goal of the third year is the development of surgical skills. The resident serves as an intermediate resident on the surgical services, and participates in consultations, decision-making, and a greater number of major procedures. Fourth- and Fifth-Year GoalsDuring the fourth and fifth years, the resident is the most senior on each service. In addition to the further development of surgical expertise, the goal of these years is to develop management and leadership skills. During the fourth year, residents are supervised by faculty and by advanced special residents (fellows); during the fifth year, residents act as service chiefs. The Department of Surgery pays for fourth- and fifth-year residents to attend one major meeting each year, and provides PGY3-5s with $2000 for the purchase of loupes and books. Operative experience is diverse and in-depth. Residents will have served as operative surgeons on more than 1,000 major cases by the time of their graduation from the program. ResearchAs an academic institution, we believe a research year is essential to a well-balanced surgical education. Therefore, all general surgery residents are required to spend at least one year doing basic science or clinical research after their second or third clinical year. Research can be conducted under the tutelage of basic science mentors in labs at Ohio State or at other academic institutions. During the research year, residents also earn either a master of medical science, a master of business administration, or a master of public health degree from The Ohio State University. In lieu of research, some residents choose to do a one-year critical care fellowship in the Department of Surgery after their third year. This fellowship prepares the graduating resident to sit for the American Board of Surgery special certificate in critical care medicine. All second- and third-year residents must also do a clinical or basic science research project, which they present at the department’s annual resident research conference in May. The department will pay for residents to attend professional meetings if they have an abstract accepted any time during their residency. ConferencesAll residents attend a morbidity and mortality conference, grand rounds, and specialty-specific conferences each week. Residents attend either a basic sciences conference or a senior resident professor conference every other week. EvaluationFaculty evaluate residents at the end of each rotation and semiannually. Residents are also evaluated by nurses, peers, and medical students using a 360-degree evaluation. Residents are evaluated on professionalism, medical knowledge, patient-care skills, technical skills, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice. All residents take the American Board of Surgery In-Training Exam (ABSITE) in January. Residents at the PGY3 through PGY5 levels participate in Mock Oral Board exams. Foreign Medical GraduatesForeign medical graduates applying to the program must hold, or be eligible for, a valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and a J-1 visa, and must have at least one year of experience in an accredited clinical training program in the United States. General Surgery RotationsColumbus Children’s Hospital (CCH) PGY1 Float • OSUMC PGY2 Burns • OSUMC PGY3 Float • OSUMC PGY4 General Surgery • UHE, GMC PGY5 General Surgery • OSUMC Application InformationWe accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) of the National Resident Matching Program. Selected applicants will be invited for a personal interview. For more information, contact: |