General Surgery Curriculum Overview
The program is based primarily at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital, and the General Surgery residents rotate among five other major institutions.
The Children's Hospital
The Children's Hospital is a regional pediatric center and admits more than 6,000 patients yearly. PGYII residents work closely for two months with a large staff of pediatric surgeons managing all aspects of pediatric surgery, including transplants and burns. The Children's Hospital is about a thirty minute drive from Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital. It is a brand new facility at the University of Colorado Fitzsimmons Campus.
Denver Health Medical Center
As Colorado's Level I trauma center, Denver Health Medical Center provides PGYII residents with an intensive two month SICU experience. Responsibilities include critical care, ventilator management and invasive procedures. Denver Health Medical Center provides PGYIV residents direct hands-on primary care experience in and out of the operating room, managing trauma patients under scrutiny of nationally recognized traumatologists. Residents rotate for a total of four months. Denver Health Medical Center is about a ten minute drive from Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital.
Presbyterian/St. Luke's
Presbyterian/St. Luke's provides PGYII residents with a two month experience in kidney and pancreas transplant surgery. Presbyterian/St. Luke's is located directly across the street from Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/University Hospital
University Hospital provides PGYII residents with a two month experience in liver, kidney and pancreas transplant surgery. This rotation is performed concurrent with the Presbyterian/St. Luke's rotation. University Hospital is located on the University of Colorado Fitzsimmons campus (nearby The Children's Hospital). It is about a thirty minute drive from Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital.
Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland
Medical Center of the Rockies provides PGYIV residents with a two month rotation. Medical Center of the Rockies is located approximately an hour north of Denver. An apartment is provided.
Here is an example of our General Surgery rotations by year:
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Rotations
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PGYI
(Post Graduate Year I Preliminary Program)
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PGYII
(Post Graduate Year II)
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PGYIII
(Post Graduate Year III)
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PGYIV
(Post Graduate Year IV)
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PGYV
(Post Graduate Year V)
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Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
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1 month rotations
in anesthesia, vascular, elective, neuro
1 month rotation night float
2 months rotations in cardiovascular surgery
5 months general surgery
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6 months general and vascular surgery
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12 months general surgery
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4 months general and vascular surgery
1 month colorectal surgery
1 month elective
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12 months general and vascular surgery as Chief Residents
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The Children's Hospital
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2 months Pediatric surgery
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Denver Health and Hospitals
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2 months SICU
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4 months
Trauma operating room
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Presbyterian/St. Lukes
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1 month
Kidney and pancreas transplant surgery concurrent with
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University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/University Hospital
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1 month
Liver, kidney and pancreas transplant surgery
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Medical Center of the Rockies
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2 months general surgery
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Didactics and Conferences
The General Surgery Residency program provides an extensive series of weekday conferences. The goal of the conferences is to provide an environment that continues clinical learning coupled with the exchange of ideas, all related to the care of surgery patients.
Example Surgery Residents' Conference Schedule
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Time
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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7:00 -8:00am
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1st,2nd,3rd,5th
Beside Director Rounds
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1st and 3rd
Grand Rounds Lecture
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Morbidity and Mortality Conference
4th Resident Educational Conference and Journal Club
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1st 2nd,3rd and 5th, Tumor Board
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2nd Friday, Vascular Conference
5th Friday, Really Grand Rounds Conference
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We keep Saturday morning free of rounds and conferences, so that each resident may have one day off per week free from clinical duties.
We comply with work hour restrictions. On average, residents have every second weekend on-call in-house with two days free of clinical duties in a two week period. Categorical residents are required to participate in either laboratory or clinical research, and they are encouraged to present and publish the results of their studies.
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