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GENERAL SURGERY training in an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Educationapproved residency program has been a highly sought opportunity for graduates …

Major changes in surgical practice and myriad external mandates have affected residency
education in surgery. The traditional surgery residency education and training model has …

FOR OVER 100 YEARS, the traditional model of resi-dency education in the United States
has served us very well. It has produced knowledgeable and skilled surgeons who have …

Significant changes in surgical training have occurred over the past decade, with the
inevitable progress towards specialization in the various surgical specialties. The current …

Each year, approximately 1000 graduating medical students enter 5-year residency
programs in general surgery. Their salaries are funded by the federal government. Following …

The operations which are done by general surgeons, and the way in which they are done,
have undergone radical change during the last 2 decades, yet the impacts on residency …

Abstract Each year, approximately 1,000 graduating medical students enter training in
general surgery and its related specialties and subspecialties in the United States …

The practice of general surgery has undergone a marked evolution in the past 20 years,
which has been inadequately recognized and minimally addressed. The changes that have …

Introduction Surgery and the training of young surgeons face various challenges. Work hour
restrictions, demographic changes, medicolegal demands, as well as economic constraints …