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Teaching
program
The primary programs for resident instruction are weekly core
curriculum lectures, which review principal components of general
surgery and basic science; a weekly morbidity and mortality
conference; and surgical grand rounds. Multidisciplinary GI
conference and tumor boards take place weekly, along with a
monthly journal club. Service-specific case review and didactic
conferences also take place three times each week. Residents
are assigned topics for presentation and review at these sessions.
Review for the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination
(ABSITE) also takes place at intervals throughout the year with
practice oral and written exams.
Rotations
Schedules vary depending on clinical volume. Generally, each
day begins with 6 a.m. sign-in, followed by patient rounds until
7:30 a.m. The remainder of the morning is spent in the operating
room, on nursing units, in the endoscopy suite or attending
to patients in community physicians' private practice offices.
Surgical clinics take place once a day, while surgical consults
occur as often as needed. Didactic conferences take place from
noon to 1 p.m. three days a week; tumor boards and other conferences
are scheduled the other two days. Afternoon rounds are dedicated
to providing patient care and updating the night call team.
Surgical cases
performed by Saint Raphael residents
On average, Saint Raphael residents perform more than 1,000
cases during their training, with more than 300 cases performed
in the chief year. Residents gain experience in a full range
of complex surgical procedures including gastric surgery, hepatobiliary
surgery, vascular surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery. Extensive
experience is also provided in laparoscopic procedures.
Attending faculty/resident
research and presentations
Saint Raphael's Department of Surgery has 30 full- and part-
time attending faculty in general surgery, vascular surgery
and the surgical subspecialties. Most faculty members have clinical
appointments at Yale University School of Medicine.
PGY 1 residents are assigned a mentor faculty member to serve
as a resource and guide during residency.
Residents participate in research projects guided by faculty
and peers on the Research Council Committee. All categorical
residents are required to complete one research project with
submission for publication or presentation.
Saint Raphael's residents regularly present at regional meetings
of the New England Cancer Society, the New England Surgical
Society, and the combined annual meeting of the Connecticut
Chapters of American Board of Surgery/American College of Surgeons.
Recent graduates
A partial list of where recent graduates have gone after completing
their Saint Raphael residency includes:
- Private practice
- University of Washington,
Seattle, transplant fellowship
- Albany Medical Center, NY,
vascular fellowship
- State University of New York
at Stony Brook, plastic surgery fellowship
- Duke University, NC, plastic
surgery fellowship
- University of Louisville, cardiothoracic fellowship
For
further information
For further information or to request our brochure, Resident
Education at the Hospital of Saint Raphael, contact Lillian
Figueroa, Department of Surgery, (203) 789-3443 or e-mail:
lfigueroa@srhs.org.
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