General Surgery Curriculum

Curriculum

HFMH General Surgery Residency Program will use the SCORE system which includes the on-line use of surgical textbooks, videos, animation, anatomy and board review activities. The HFMH General Surgery Program Director will be able to track, assess and develop reports on the residents' progress in working through the developed curriculum rotations. Residents and Program Directors are able to use the program from any computer with internet access. 

We have a variety of regularly scheduled weekly education conferences that include journal club, board review utilizing SCORE system and Morbidity and Mortality. The program also features CME lectures by faculty and guest lecturers. There are medical student lecture presentations, suture clinics or skills labs. Surgical skills will be assessed through monthly skills labs culminating in FLS and FES certification by the end of the 4th year of residency. Residents also participate in Simulation and Anatomy Labs. The residents receive robotic training through Intuitive Surgical utilizing the Da Vinci systems.  A certification is received upon completion of the program. 

Reading List: A list of books representing minimal core knowledge of surgery has been established. Students applying for a residency in General Surgery are expected to have completed a standard surgical text prior to starting his/her residency. This would appear to be the minimum knowledge, which would allow him/her to be of assistance to the surgical patient and attending staff. Additional reading from the "list" is encouraged throughout the program. Obligatory reading is regularly assigned to the Resident. Use of the interactive learning center is also encouraged. Journal articles are recommended and referred throughout the program.