SUMMARY In 2012 Quebec limited continuous in-hospital duty to 16 consecutive hours for all residents regardless of postgraduate (PGY) level. The new restrictions in Quebec appeared to have a profound, negative effect on the quality of life of surgical residents at McGill University and a perceived detrimental effect on the delivery of surgical education and patient care. Here we discuss the res...

PURPOSE Similar to other countries, the practice of General Surgery in Canada has undergone significant evolution over the past 30 years without major changes to the training model. There is growing concern that current General Surgery residency training does not provide the skills required to practice the breadth of General Surgery in all Canadian communities and practice settings. PROCEDURE...

draw the interviewers' attention to the problems. If you cannot identify any, look again: you have simply missed them. At least one of the questions will tum out to be hopeless despite steps 1 to 8; this is par for the course and not worth losing sleep over. Take pains to achieve a high response rate, especially in postal surveys. If the response rate is poor and you are confident that your que...

Evidence suggests that early exposure to surgical techniques, surgical knowledge and mentors strongly correlates with students’ interest, knowledge and confidence in general surgery as a postgraduate career choice. Preclerkship exposure to surgery and implementation of a formal surgical curriculum is often restricted owing to attending surgeon time commitments and cost limitations. To promote e...

Despite the dramatically increased entry of women into general surgery and surgical subspecialties, traditionally male-dominated fields, there remains a gross under-representation of women in the leadership positions of these departments. Women begin their careers with fewer academic resources and tend to progress through the ranks slower than men. Female surgeons also receive significantly low...

AIM To assess the interest of Croatian medical students in going to foreign countries and foreign medical students' interest in coming to Croatia for one-month professional and research clerkship in the period from 1996 to 2000. METHOD Data were obtained from contracts between Croatian Medical Students' International Committee and other National Member Organizations of the International Feder...

formation and solution of urinary calculi. Thus early he took up the study of a special subject, which was of great use to him in his subsequent career, and he attained considerable celebrity, when Civil Surgeon of Agra, as a lithotomist. But this was not the only branch in which he excelled ; for, in general surgery, he was well known to be a bold and skilful operator. When a young man, he pro...

For low and middle countries, the local surgeons and physicians should dictate, direct, and deliver the care for their people; therefore, their priorities are paramount. We have an opportunity to help, advise, and support their efforts and perhaps enable improvements in the timely delivery of basic care. Although we cannot ‘‘fix’’ their problems, we do have the opportunity to partner with our c...