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)
- Acute care surgery
- Burn surgery
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Foregut surgery
- General surgery
- Pediatric surgery
- Surgical ICU
- Surgical oncology
- Transplant surgery
- Vascular surgery
PGY-2
- Acute care surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Foregut surgery
- General surgery
- Surgical ICU
- Surgical oncology
- Transplant surgery
PGY-3
- Acute care surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Foregut surgery
- General surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Transplant surgery
- Vascular surgery
PGY-4
- Acute care surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Foregut surgery
- General surgery
- Pediatric surgery
- Surgical oncology
PGY-5 (Chief Year)
- Acute care surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Foregut surgery
- General surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Vascular surgery
Optional research year(s) can be taken after the PGY-2 or PGY-3 years.
Educational Conferences
Formal Educational Activities
- ASSET course
- ATLS (student, instructor)
- Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Grand Rounds
- Health Equity Curriculum
- Mock oral exams
- Morbidity and mortality conference
- Quarterly chair’s conference
- Quarterly multidisciplinary grand rounds
- Residents as teachers
- Robotic Surgery Curriculum
- Rotation-specific conferences
- SCORE Pre-Intern Curriculum
- SCORE weekly curriculum
- Skills lab curriculum
- Stop the Bleed