General surgeons provide life-saving trauma care to a large portion of Canadians. Although
trauma care has evolved significantly over the last few decades and now requires fewer …

BACKGROUND Trauma training in general surgery residency is undergoing an evolution.
Hour restrictions, the growth of subspecialty care, and the trend toward nonoperative …

For the first time in many decades, the fundamental nature of training in what is traditionally
called general surgery is under intense scrutiny. A variety of disparate factors have caused …

Background Trauma is an essential content area of general surgery residency. The objective
of this study was to assess trends in the operative trauma experience by general surgery …

Background Clinical exposure to operative trauma cases for general surgery residents has
decreased over recent decades. However, trainees are still expected to demonstrate …

Injuries account for 3.6 million hospital admissions and approximately 100 billion dollars in
health care costs annually. Surgical educators have expressed concern about the adequacy …

Background 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 …

Background Recent changes in practice patterns and training paradigms in trauma care
have resulted in a critical review of postgraduate curricula. Specifically, a shift towards non …

BACKGROUND Surgery resident education is based on experiential training, which is
influenced by changes in clinical management strategies, technical and technologic …

Objective This study aims to develop a set of curriculum recommendations to support trauma
training in Canadian general surgery residency programs. Design A modified Delphi study …