Duration and Content of the Training Program:
- The total duration of the categorical General Surgery (GS) residency training is 5 clinical years (60months)
- The initial 3 years are to be focused towards the development of a broad-based surgical foundation with acquisition of general medical and critical care competency along with basic surgical and laparoscopic skills.
- The R1 period will be a minimum of 12 months in duration and will begin from the time of graduation/acceptance into the residency program and continue until the 30th June of the academic year that they complete R1.
- R1 comprises 4 months of General Medicine and at least 8 months of surgical postings, of which at least 6 months is in the clinical practice of a core General Surgery discipline.
- From R2 onwards, rotations through services will be on a 3-monthly institutional schedule with the flexibility for smaller blocks of the rotation to maximize exposure to valuable non-core rotations.
- The last two years of residency (senior years) will allow chief resident level responsibility on core general surgical rotations and the opportunity to have elective rotations to develop a sub-specialty interest.
- Of the 60 months from R1 to 5, a minimum of 42 months must be within general surgery core content rotations. No more than a total of 12 months of the junior years (R1-3) can be spent in any one surgical specialty other than general surgery and at least 6 months of each year should be spent in a core GS rotation (for a minimum of 18 months from R1 to R3).
- Core general surgery rotations from R1 to R3 are: general surgery (Alimentary tract, upper GI, colorectal and hepato-biliary, skin, soft tissues and breast), endocrine surgery, head and neck surgery, vascular surgery, trauma surgery, thoracic surgery, and surgical oncology.
- Non-core surgical postings are orthopaedics, paediatric surgery, cardiovascular surgery, surgical critical care, ENT, urology, transplant, hand, plastics and burns.
- Throughout the residency there will be increasing clinical and operative responsibilities appropriate to the level of training.
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