Surgical Training and Education
Resident Educational Goals and Structure
On completion of training our graduates will be equally qualified to:
- compete for the best surgical subspecialty fellowships
- pursue a career in academic surgery
- enter clinical practice in rural or metropolitan area
Clinical Rotations
Summary:
- PGY-1
- Patient management
- Basic operative skills
- PGY-2
- Critical care management
- Operative skills
- PGY-3
- Patient management and leadership
- Advancing operative skills
- PGY-4
- Patient management, leadership, coordination
- Advanced operative skills
- PGY-5
- Supervision, coordination of patient management
- Independent operative skills
Details:
PGY-1
Duration: one month
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PGY-2
Duration: about six weeks
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PGY-3
Duration: about eight weeks
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PGY-4
Duration: about seven weeks
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PGY-5
Duration: about eight weeks
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Call Responsibility
- PGY-1: night shifts (5 nights/month x ~6 months)
- PGY-2: one night/week (+ night float rotation)
- PGY-3: every 4th night @ WakeMed
- PGY-4: 1-2 half-days/month Sr. In-House (+ night float rotation)
- PGY-5: 1 half-day/month Sr. In-House
Case Volume Experience
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Educational Resources
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Resident and Faculty Evaluation
- Completed after each rotation
- Anonymous online
- Evaluation of rotation and faculty
- Used in consideration of faculty career progression, awards and compensation; and program improvement
- Weekly meetings with Chairman and Program Director