4 year surgery residency?

[EPO]

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I heard a rumor that general surgery residency might be shortened from five years to four years. That's kind of hard to believe. Anybody know if there's any truth to this?

 

[Jocomama]

Rumor
1 : talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source
2 : a statement or report current without known authority for its truth

I heard a rumor that general surgery residency might be shortened from five years to four years. That's kind of hard to believe. Anybody know if there's any truth to this?

 

[dynx]

Rumor
1 : talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source
2 : a statement or report current without known authority for its truth

meaningless

adj : having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless response"

 

[Faebinder]

I think if anything.. they are trying hard not to increase the duration.

 

[Pilot Doc]

I heard a rumor that general surgery residency might be shortened from five years to four years. That's kind of hard to believe. Anybody know if there's any truth to this?

Half true. There are a number of 4+2 proposals that would lead to board certification in general surgery - i.e. four years GS and two years vascular leading to BC in GS and VS. I have not heard anyone suggesting certification in GS alone after 4 years.

 

[Blade28]

4 years? Maybe if they went back to 120 hour weeks.

 

[EPO]

Yeh, I thought it was too good to be true.

 

[dnc79]

There's a much better chance that gen surg will become 6 years instead of 4.

 

[Pilot Doc]

There's a much better chance that gen surg will become 6 years instead of 4.

But the chances of either happening are remote.

Do you know of anyone on the ABS who supports a 6 year GS residency?

 

[Winged Scapula]

As noted above, most likely any action taken by the ABS would be to lengthen the term of residency however, no member has publically made a statement as a member of the board that residency should be lengthened. However, all of the members trained under the old-system and could be reasonably expected to view the 80 hr workweek and its effects on training with a skewed perspective.

That said, the "rumor" was probably referring to fast-tracking people into subspecialties (ie, 4+2).