Open AccessCause for concern: Resident experience in operative trauma during general surgery residency at a Canadian centre
Author(s) -
Paul T. Engels,
Andrew Versolatto,
Qian Shi,
Angela Coates,
Timothy Rice
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian medical education journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1923-1202
DOI - 10.36834/cmej.69323
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatology , trauma centre , trauma care , trauma surgery , major trauma , general hospital , general surgery , retrospective cohort study , surgery , emergency medicine , orthopedic surgery
The ability to provide competent operative trauma care is a core objective of general surgery training but recent publications question the ability of graduates to meet this standard. To assess the adequacy of operative trauma exposure during residency, we constructed and analyzed a retrospective trauma operative case log for general surgery residents at a Canadian trauma centre.