A career in general surgery

General surgery career resource.

General surgery residency training can lead to a rewarding career in general surgery and serve as the foundation for careers in several surgical subspecialties. It offers broad-based training with exposure to the cognitive and technical aspects of several surgical specialties and prepares graduating residents for a wide range of career paths. This career development resource discusses the train...

General surgery in crisis--factors that impact on a career in general surgery.

INTRODUCTION The Association of Surgeons of South Africa (ASSA), because of a concern about the decline in the number of applicants for registrar posts, undertook this study into the various factors that may influence the choice of surgery as career option. METHODS The study involved a combination of desk research and structured interviews with heads of departments, specialists, and registrar...

Career prospects in general surgery in England and Wales.

The joint manpower initiative by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Joint Consultants Committee provides the latest and perhaps the most hopeful stimulus to solve the problems of medical manpower in the acute hospital services.' It has been recognised for some time that career prospects for junior doctors in the acute medical and surgical specialties have become intolerable.2 ...

Does general surgery clerkship make a future career in surgery more appealing to medical students?

BACKGROUND Medical students' decreasing interest in surgical careers has raised much concern. This report is to ascertain the influence of surgical clerkship on the perceptions of medical students on prospects of a future career interest in surgery. METHODS A cross sectional study, involving final year medical students. Information concerning their interest in a surgical career, what they tho...

Surgical competence in general surgery assistance: a brief report