Re: Operations for sugical residents.
radhamesramos - 01-14-08 09:13

Well, that is a very difficult thing to answer, because this varies from program to program. Some programs let you operate very early in your training, others don't. There are some programs that even discriminate between Categorical and Preliminary residents, so the Categoricals got more rotations where they do tend to operate more, but this is hard to predict, and you have to know each program.

Training in the U.S is good, because of the variety of cases you get to see, the rotations, the technology, and because academics is emphasized, but there are some countries like France, Ireland, Germany, and Japan that have very good residency programs in surgery. The money is less, not so academical as the U.S. but still good

Re: Operations for sugical residents.
mindswapper - 01-14-08 22:59



The rule for procuring license or to sit the AB exam is to have done atleast a 1000 surgeries at the end of residency! (Of course, as the Operating surgeon)

Re: Operations for sugical residents.
radhamesramos - 01-15-08 09:53

so, it is more difficult in some programs than in others to acheive these goals.

Re: Operations for sugical residents.
mindswapper - 01-19-08 19:33

Mostly it is possible to fulfill the requirement; if not, then the experience during fellowship or while working under supervision may be used to obtain licence or to sit the Boards.

Re: Operations for sugical residents.
radhamesramos - 01-22-08 13:11

One program you get all the surgeries necessary to fill out your credentials even by 4th year is UM/JAckson

Re: Operations for sugical residents.
mindswapper - 02-20-08 10:55

So it depends on the program!