Curriculum/Didactics
General Surgery Residency Program Curriculum
Post-Graduate Year 1: (General Surgery Special Emphasis Internship Program)
- General Surgery: 6 months
- Internal Medicine: 2 months
- Critical Care: 1 month
- Emergency Medicine: 1 month
- Obstetrics and Gynecology: 1 month
- Pediatrics: 1 month
Outpatient clinic experience is obtained in the General Surgery, 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: 7 months
- Surgery Electives: 2 months
- Vascular Surgery: 1 month
- Cardio-Thoracic Surgery: 2 months
Post-Graduate Year 5:
- General Surgery: 10 months
- Colorectal Surgery: 1 month
- Surgery Elective: 1 month
General Surgery Didactic Program
- Surgery Grand Rounds: Weekly
- Mortality & Morbidity Conferences: Twice Monthly
- Staff Lectures: Monthly
- Resident Lectures: Monthly
- Cases Presentations: Weekly
- Breast Conference: Monthly
- Critical Care Conferences: Bimonthly
- OMM Lectures: Quarterly
- GI Conferences: Bimonthly
- Vascular Conferences: Bimonthly
- Tumor Board: Weekly
- Trauma Conference: Monthly
- Trauma M&M: 8 times a year
- Cadaver Labs: 4-6 times a year
- Journal Club: Monthly
- Education Lecture Series: 12 times a year
- 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.
