Our General Surgery Residency Program is currently being developed and is poised to provide a high quality training experience beginning in the 2011-12 academic year. We are excited to be part of a rapidly growing osteopathic medical education program in the Pacific Northwest. If you are interested in applying please review our Application Process and direct all questions about this process to medicaleducation@samhealth.org.
Rotation Schedule
The academic year consists of 13 blocks which are each four weeks in length. The General Surgery curriculum is listed below but is not in order of how the training blocks will be organized.
| Block |
PGY 1 |
PGY 2 |
PGY 3 |
PGY 4 |
PGY 5 |
|
1 |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
2 |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
3 |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
4 |
Internal Medicine |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
5 |
Internal Medicine |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
6 |
Emergency Medicine |
General Surgery |
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
General Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
7 |
ICU |
General Surgery |
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Vascular Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
8 |
Pediatrics |
General Surgery |
Vascular Surgery |
Pediatric Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
9 |
OB/GYN |
General Surgery |
Neurosurgery |
Colorectal Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
10 |
Family Practice |
General Surgery |
Pediatric Surgery |
Transplant Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
11 |
Surgery Elective |
Vascular Surgery |
Urology |
Trauma Surgery |
General Surgery |
|
12 |
Surgery Elective |
Surgical ICU |
Endoscopy |
Trauma/Burn |
General Surgery |
|
13 |
Surgery Elective |
Surgery Elective |
Surgery Elective |
Surgery Elective |
General Surgery |
|
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