Preparing the future combat surgeon: a survey of the military general surgery trainee GME experience.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Introduction

Graduate medical education (GME) lacks a standardized military training program for general surgery residents, and concern exists that they may not be prepared to serve as combat surgeons on training completion. The purpose of this study was to assess military surgery trainee satisfaction with their programs. Our hypothesis was that military residents were not completely confident to care for combat casualties on completion of current GME training.

Methods

We surveyed US Army, Navy, and Air Force general surgery residents and fellows between November 2023 and March 2024 to assess their confidence in managing combat injuries. Queried residents further rate their overall satisfaction with surgical training, perceived level of deployment preparedne

SUBMITTER: Baird EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603701 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature