Advanced GastroInstestinal(GI) Surgery Training in Residency and Fellowship Interest Survey for 4th and 5th Year General Surgical Residents.
Methodist Health System
Summary
The aim of this anonymous survey is to identify who teaches GI procedures to general surgical residents during residency training and understand the need as well as desire for an Advanced Surgical GI fellowship amongst senior surgical residents. We also hope to identify the self-reported level of comfort of senior general surgery residents in completing both common and complex GI procedures.
Description
Graduating general surgery residents are faced with the difficult decision of whether to pursue further specialized surgical fellowship training or to begin independent general surgical practice. Advanced GI Fellowship is a relatively new area of fellowship surgical training, with only 8 fellowships currently recognized by the Fellowship Council of the United States. The previous survey assessed the need for such a fellowship among health systems, departments, and practice groups interested in hiring a GI surgeon. More data is coming out showing that graduating surgical residents are unprepare…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Not specified
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria: All fourth and fifth year general surgery residents in accredited Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education(ACGME) general surgery residency programs in the United States. Exclusion Criteria: All junior general surgical residents (third year residents through interns) will be excluded from the study.
Interventions
- OtherAdvanced GI Surgery Training
Determine who is training senior surgical residents in advanced GI surgical procedures and the trainees' comfort with performing complex GI procedures following residency training.
Location
- Methodist Dallas Medical Center- Clinical Research InstituteDallas, Texas