General Surgery Residency Program
Welcome!
Welcome to the Wright State University General Surgery Residency Program
home page. This is where you will find information regarding our general
surgery residency program. This site is intended to provide potential
residency applicants critical information about the program. Please
review the material posted and feel free to contact us if you have questions
that are not answered on these pages.
If you are interested in further information about the department, and
not just the residency program, please visit our Department
of Surgery home page.
Residency Program Overview
The Wright State University General Surgery Residency Program in Dayton
is one of the largest general surgery programs in the United States.
Our five-year, non-pyramidal program offers a broad exposure to general
surgery and the surgical subspecialties in a community setting. This
experience is coupled with a commitment to resident education and research
consistent with university affiliation.
The department's focus on general surgery assures the resident comprehensive
exposure to the depth and breadth of clinical surgery required for entry
into either the private practice of general surgery or further fellowship
training.
Seven categorical PGY-1 residents are accepted annually. Our full accreditation
status, through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education,
permits seven categorical residents to complete the program every year.
In addition to the 35 categorical residents, seven to ten noncategorical
PGY-1 residents are accepted annually into our program. These are individuals
seeking subsequent training in a career that does not require completion
of the full five years of general surgery.
Completion of the entire five-year program ensures the resident a comprehensive
experience with all major components of general surgery. This is accomplished
by the participation of six diverse hospitals totaling 3,200 beds, and
by the absence of competing subspecialty residency programs or fellowships.
Outpatient experience is also extensive at the two federal facilities,
in private physician offices, and on the staff surgical services at the
private institutions.
Residents in the program are given faculty status as resident instructors
in the Wright State University School of Medicine. As such, they are
expected to provide education to undergraduate medical students. They
are also required to contribute scholarly activities by preparing, on
an annual basis, an original effort which can be submitted to a local,
state, regional, national, or international scientific or professional
organization for presentation, or to a recognized professional journal
for publication prior to program completion.
Residents must perform in a consistently satisfactory manner during
each service rotation. They are expected to read and understand the basic
and current surgical literature and to demonstrate this knowledge base
through satisfactory performance on the annual American Board of Surgery
In-Training Examination, as well as on the periodic basic/clinical science
examinations conducted within the department.
Performance in all of these areas is reviewed semi-annually by the department
Residency Committee, which includes representatives from all six participating
hospitals, as well as two elected resident representatives. No resident
will be advanced to the next level of training without committee review
and approval.
The formal teaching conferences and research opportunities are described
on the Curriculum
page.
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