The General Surgery Residency program curriculum provides a deep understanding of value-based, patient-centered health care delivery for the management of a variety of surgical diseases.
Curriculum Components
PGY-1 (Categorical/Preliminary)
- 4 Blocks: Acute care surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 2 Blocks: Colorectal/foregut | Dell Seton Medical Center and Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
- 2 Blocks: Surgical oncology | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 1 Block: Elective general surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 1-2 Blocks: Burn surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 1-2 Blocks: Vascular/cardiothoracic/transplant | Dell Seton Medical Center and Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
- 1 Block: Pediatric surgery | Dell Children’s Medical Center
- 1 Block: Plastic surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
Preliminary interns have two months of elective and research time where they can focus on completing required rotations or electives tailored to their specialty (i.e., emergency medicine for anesthesia), as well as a rotation in the surgical intensive care unit.
PGY-2
- 3 Months: Elective general surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 3 Months: Surgical intensive care unit | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 3 Months: Acute care surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 3 Months: Vascular/cardiothoracic/transplant | Dell Seton Medical Center
PGY-3
- 3 Months: Colorectal/foregut | Dell Seton Medical Center and Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
- 3 Months: Surgical oncology | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 3 Months: Acute care surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 3 Months: Vascular/cardiothoracic/transplant | Dell Seton Medical Center
PGY-4
- 3 Months: Pediatric surgery | Dell Children’s Medical Center
- 3 Months: Elective general surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 3 Months: Breast/endocrine surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center and Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
- 3 Months: Vascular/cardiothoracic/transplant (chief) | Dell Seton Medical Center
PGY-5 (Chief Year)
- 4 Months: Acute care surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 4 Months: Minimally invasive surgery | Dell Seton Medical Center
- 4 Months: Surgical oncology | Dell Seton Medical Center
Optional research year(s) can be taken after the PGY-2 or PGY-3 years.
Educational Conferences
Formal Educational Activities
- Monthly grand rounds
- Resident morbidity and mortality conference
- Mock oral exams
- Skills lab curriculum
- ATLS (student, instructor)
- ASSET course
- Residents as teachers
- Rotation-specific conferences
- SCORE weekly curriculum
- Quarterly multidisciplinary grand rounds
- Quarterly chair’s conference
- SCORE Pre-Intern Curriculum
- Health Equity Curriculum
- Stop the Bleed
- ACS Residents as Teachers and Leaders
- ACS Leadership and Advocacy Summit
- ACS/APDS Surgery Resident Skills Curriculum
- Robotic Surgery Curriculum
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery