General Surgery Residency Program

• Goal
• Overall Description
• Rotation locations
• Basic Residency Program
          Operative Experience 2010 Graduates 
• Diversity of the Residency 
          Residency Roster 
• Fellowships 
• Faculty 
• Research 
• Application Instructions for 2012-2013 

Goal

The goal of the general surgery training program is to cultivate leaders in surgery, whether their interests are clinical or academic.

Overall description

The residency program includes five clinical years of postgraduate training at the UC Davis Medical Center and five affiliated teaching hospitals. The program consists of two years of basic general surgery training - PG-I and PG-II - in which the trainee is introduced to the broad discipline of general surgery. This knowledge base prepares residents to enter any of the major surgical specialties. The PG-III year is a year of transition from the junior resident to the senior resident role. Residents are granted graded responsibility throughout the junior and intermediate years. At the end of the PG-III year, some residents participate in a research experience during which they pursue an in-depth clinical project, basic science research or a combination of both. During the last two years of clinical training PG-IV and PG-V residents serve on the various clinical services as the chief resident.

We have approximately 30 residents in the first two-years of training. Half will ultimately enter a surgical subspecialty. We have eight categorical residents in each class and the program is non-pyramidal. We make a strong commitment to the residents we match. Categorical residents are assured steady progress through the program, provided that they meet predetermined guidelines set by the department.

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