A different look at the specialist education of general surgery

Abstract

Aim: We planned a trial to establish the realities on the suggestion which included the idea that there is loss of interest to General Surgery residency or it is not among the top choices.Material and Method: We performed a questionairre on 202 residents who studied general surgery residency in 9 state universities in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir and Bursa. The residents were asked about which medical school they have graduated from, how many times they joined residency examination, in which examination they succeede to start residency and the order of their choice of general surgery residency was in their list.Results: Among those 202 residents, only 40 of them preferred general surgery residency as the first choice in their list (19.8 %). Most of residents who were successful in the first examination period preferred Ankara University General Surgery Department (44.4 %). The residents who preferred general surgery residency as the first choice were found mostly in Hacettepe University General Surgery Department (37.5 %). Most residents who preferred general surgery residency in their first 3 choice in their list were found in Uludag University General Surgery Department (64.3 %). Examination for medical doctor residency April 2009 results have shown that general surgery residency was chosen in the 24th level among 25 branches.Conclusion: As a result general surgery residency was found to be placed at the end of the choices in residency examination among other branches in our trial.