General Surgery Residency Program Curriculum

Post-Graduate Year 1: (General Surgery Special Emphasis Internship Program)

• General Surgery: 7 months
• Internal Medicine: 2 months
• Critical Care: 1 month
• Emergency Medicine: 1 month
• Obstetrics and Gynecology: 1 month

Outpatient clinic experience is obtained in the General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Critical Care and OB/GYN rotations.

Post-Graduate Year 2:

• General Surgery: 6-10 months
• Trauma Surgery: 1-2 months
• Pediatric/Transplant Surgery: 1-2 months

Post-Graduate Year 3:

• General Surgery: 7 months
• Vascular Surgery: 2 months
• GI Surgery: 1 month
• Trauma Surgery: 1 month
• Pediatric/Transplant Surgery: 1 month

Post-Graduate Year 4:

• General Surgery: 8 months
• Surgery Electives: 2 months
• Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery: 2 months
  

Post-Graduate Year 5:

• General Surgery: 12 months

General Surgery Didactic Program

• Surgery Grand Rounds: Weekly
• Mortality & Morbidity Conferences: Weekly
• Staff Lectures: Monthly
• Resident Lectures: Monthly
• Cases Presentations: Weekly
• Breast Conference: Biweekly
• Critical Care Conferences: Bimonthly
• OMM Conferences: Bimonthly
• GI Conferences: Bimonthly
• Vascular Conferences: Bimonthly
• Tumor Board: Weekly
• Trauma Conference: Monthly
  
• Trauma M&M: 8 times a year
• Ethics Conference: Quarterly
• SCORE Topics: Monthly
  
• Cadaver Labs: 4-6 times a year
  
• Journal Club: Monthly
  
• Guest Lecturers
  
• Laparoscopic Simulator Experience - lab-based training sessions
• Standardized Patient Assessment - lab-based training sessions (SPAL)
  
  All residents (PGY2-5) have a Clinical Faculty Appointment at Des Moines University to provide lectures and surgical skills laboratory instruction.