| The Mount Carmel General Surgery Residency Program offers a comprehensive program that addresses the full spectrum of general surgery practice. Residents emerge from the program with competency in a broad range of surgical procedures, as well as significant hands-on experience with a variety of patient populations and both inpatient and outpatient surgical settings.
The Mount Carmel Program actively teaches the six competencies (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, Professionalism, Practice Based Learning and Improvement, Systems Based Practice, Intrapersonal Communications and Interpersonal and Communication Skills.)
Department Of Surgery: Clinical Assignments
2012 – 2013
PGY I (Categorical and Preliminary)
| General Surgery |
5 months |
| Pediatric Surgery |
1 month |
| Trauma/Critical Care |
1 month |
| Thoracic |
1 month |
| Urology/ Anesthesia |
1 month |
| GI (Other) |
1 month |
| Acute Care Surgery |
2 months |
PGY II (Categorical)
| General Surgery |
7 months |
| Vascular Surgery |
1 month |
| Colorectal Surgery |
1 month |
| Trauma/Critical Care |
3 months |
PGY III (Categorical)
| Vascular Surgery |
2 months |
| General Surgery |
5 months |
| Colorectal Surgery |
1 month |
| Trauma/Critical Care |
1 month |
| Pediatric Surgery |
2 months |
| Transplant Surgery |
1 month |
PGY IV
| Vascular Surgery |
2 months |
| General Surgery |
7 months |
| Thoracic Surgery |
1 month |
| Elective/Third World |
1 month |
| Trauma/Critical Care |
1 month |
PGY V – 3 chief residents
| MCW General Surgery Clinic |
4 months |
| MCE General Surgery Clinic |
4 months |
| Chief Proctorship/General Surgery |
4 months |
Specialty Services
Colorectal Surgery
Residents work closely with five board certified colorectal surgeons. Extensive experience with both diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopies is obtained.
Gastroenterology
Residents rotate on the gastroenterology service, gaining experience in the medical management of gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases. Residents learn the indications, complications, and techniques of colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). Residents are also exposed to endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP).
Urology
Residents work with urologists to learn the evaluation and medical/surgical treatment of urologic problems, including urologic trauma.
Trauma/Critical Care
Mount Carmel is a Level II Trauma Center with over 800 admissions annually. Residents gain valuable experience in the initial evaluation and follow-up management of trauma patients. Residents rotating on the night float rotation are an integral part of the trauma team. In addition to the above, "formal" critical care rounds take place daily over the course of the rotation. All SICU patients, both trauma and non-trauma, are followed during thr course of the month. This is a rapidly growing service in our surgery program.
Anesthesia
Each first year resident rotates two weeks on our Anesthesia service where they learn entubation, maintenance of airway, and general anesthesia principlals including "moderate sedation".
Transplant
Third year residents rotate at The Ohio State University Transplant Service
Plastics
Plastic Surgery rotations are available if requested.
Vascular Surgery
Residents learn both open and endovascular surgery from both the Mount Carmel East and Mount Carmel West specialists. This represents a newly expanded service.
Pediatric Surgery
First year residents rotate at Columbus Nationwide Children's Hospital for one month while third year residents spend two consecutive months on rotation. |
