Hi folks,
can you tell me what is the rule, when residents are allowed to be involved in surgeries, at which year of residency program? How it is in your case/ residecy program? Do you always have to wait untill last year?

If we had to wait until our last year to operate, we'd all be TERRIBLE surgeons! :eek:

I'm sure at most (if not all) programs, interns get to operate. Granted it's not "big" cases, but you have to learn how to do the "easy" stuff first. There's a wide variation among programs as far as how much you get to operate in your first year, but I would avoid any program where interns aren't operating like the plague. The higher up you get in the ranks, generally the more you get to operate b/c the junior residents are doing the floor work. It also varies by rotation. I know at my program, I'm encouraged to go to the OR as much as possible, even if it's a case I'm not scrubbing in on, just to watch. During my gen surg rotation (I've only done one so far), I logged quite a few cases.

Nick99, if you were an ENT chief resident when you were named in a law suit, why would you be asking this question? ;)

Hi folks,
can you tell me what is the rule, when residents are allowed to be involved in surgeries, at which year of residency program? How it is in your case/ residecy program? Do you always have to wait untill last year?

LOL, why don't you hire a lawyer dude? SDN is not the place for medical advice, let alone legal advice.

Wait until Nick finds out that PAs, med students, and OR nurses help out during the surgery by touching the sacred surgical instruments.

I know of a high school kid who was shadowing who was allowed to put in stitches during an operation. He was the son of a pretty well known surgeon and the surgeon operating was one of his buddies.