Clinical Postgraduate Years 1 and 2 (PGY1 and PGY2)
The first two clinical years in our training program will be focused on developing foundational skills and experiences in the broad spectrum of general and vascular surgery, trauma, critical care, anesthesia and the initial two levels of the endoscopy curriculum.
Rotations in the PGY2 year include a focus on developing more advanced technical skills in general surgery, surgical consultation and management of the critically ill and injured.
These rotations are designed to assure that each resident obtains the American Board of Surgery required minimum of invasive procedures and operations in the first two consecutive residency years:
- 200 cases in defined categories, including endoscopy and E-codes
- 50 other cases such as I&D procedures, central venous access, arterial lines, tube thoracostomy and other minor procedures
ATLS training and certification will take place early in the internship.
The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery and Flexible Endoscopy certification is completed by the end of the second post graduate year.
Clinical Postgraduate Years 3 to 5 (PGY3, PGY4 and PGY5)
During the third clinical year, residents receive further training in general, endocrine, colorectal, oncologic, transplant and pediatric surgery as well as acute care, critical care and trauma.
During the fourth clinical year, residents will receive further training and increased responsibility in general, hepatobiliary, oncologic, vascular and trauma surgery, allowing the resident to focus on areas of their developing specialty surgical interests.
Obtaining procedural numbers and obtaining certification in Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery must be completed prior to graduation. Rotations include additional training in trauma surgery, complex hepato-pancreaticobiliary surgery, surgical oncology and complex laparoscopic surgery.
Operative experience
Our expectation is that our residents will perform approximately 900 to 1,000 operations by the end of five clinical years.
We plan this experience to be very inclusive of the range and complexity of the procedures performed, especially in gastrointestinal, biliary, pancreatic, breast, endocrine and vascular surgery.
Moreover, operative experience in trauma and surgical critical care is expected to be excellent based on the volume of cases now admitted to our Level II Trauma Center at HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital.
The endoscopic experience will also be broad and based on current surgical procedures and resident teaching partnerships developed with our gastroenterologists.