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RESIDENT OPERATIVE EXPERIENCE

A Residency Education Program in General Surgery must provide sufficient operative experience to assure qualified and competent surgeons, taking into account individual capability and rate of progress. The volume and variety of the operative experience of residents over the course of the program must assure that they receive a balanced experience in each of the essential content areas of general surgery. These are head and neck, breast, skin and soft tissues, alimentary tract, abdomen, vascular system, endocrine system, management of trauma/critical care, burns, and emergency surgery.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Residency Review Committee for Surgery (RRC-S) have established guidelines that must be met by a Residency Education Program in General Surgery to maintain it’s accreditation. An important guideline is that of the defined categories of surgical operative procedures. It describes minimum acceptable numbers of operative procedures listed in general content areas of general surgery.

The following is the five year resident operative experience average in the defined categories:

Defined Categories RRC Requirement UC Experience
Skin-Soft Tissue/Breast 25 44
Head/ Neck 24 33
Alimentary Tract 72 194
Abdomen 65 150
Liver 4 15
Pancreas 3 19
Vascular 44 73
Endocrine 8 21
Thoracic 15 53
Pediatric 20 37
Plastic 5 24
Trauma (operative) 10 34
Trauma (non-operative) 20 46
Endoscopy 29 90
Laparoscopy (advanced) n/a 67
Laparoscopy (basc) 34 76
Total (Chief) 150 218
Total (Major) 500 950
Total Cases n/a 1298
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