Rotations and Curriculum — General Surgery Residency at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
Facilities
- Simulation Center
- Anatomy lab
Rotation schedule
| PGY 1 Rotation | Duration |
| General Surgery | 12 weeks |
| Night Float | 12 weeks |
| SICU | 8 weeks |
| Surgical Oncology/HPB/Breast | 8 weeks |
| Trauma/Acute Care Surgery | 12 weeks |
| PGY 2 Rotation | Duration |
| Breast Surgery | 4 weeks |
| General Surgery | 12 weeks |
| General/Bariatric Surgery | 4 weeks |
| Night Float | 8 weeks |
| SICU | 8 weeks |
| Surgical Oncology/HPB | 4 weeks |
| Trauma/Acute Care Surgery | 8 weeks |
| Vascular Surgery | 4 weeks |
| PGY 3 Rotation | Duration |
| General Surgery | 8 weeks |
| General/Bariatric Surgery | 4 weeks |
| Night Float | 8 weeks |
| Pediatric Surgery/Burns | 12 weeks |
| Surgical Oncology/HPB | 4 weeks |
| SICU | 4 weeks |
| Transplant Surgery | 4 weeks |
| Trauma/Acute Care Surgery | 4 weeks |
| Vascular Surgery | 4 weeks |
| PGY 4 Rotation | Duration |
| General Surgery | 8 weeks |
| General/Bariatric Surgery | 4 weeks |
| Night Float | 8 weeks |
| Surgical Elective | 4 weeks |
| Surgical Endoscopy | 4 weeks |
| Surgical Oncology/HPB | 8 weeks |
| Trauma/Acute Care Surgery | 8 weeks |
| Vascular Surgery | 8 weeks |
| PGY 5 Rotation | Duration |
| Administrative Chief | 12 weeks |
| Breast Surgery | 4 weeks |
| General Surgery | 4 weeks |
| General/Bariatric Surgery | 12 weeks |
| Night Float | 4 weeks |
| Surgical Clinic | 4 weeks |
| Surgical Oncology/HPB | 8 weeks |
| Trauma/Acute Care Surgery | 4 weeks |
While rotations are primarily at the St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital campus, other rotation sites include:
- St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital
- St. Joseph Warren Hospital
- Akron Children’s Hospital
- University Hospitals
Didactic Curriculum
| Skills and Simulation Lab | Periodically |
| Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conference | Weekly |
| Integrated Surgical Principles/Operative Decision Making/Journal Club/Surgical Anatomy Lab modules | Bimonthly/monthly |
| Tumor Board | Monthly |
| Mock Oral Exam | Biweekly |
| TrueLearn weekly quiz | Weekly |
Skills and Simulation Lab
- Faculty and chief resident mentored
- Includes bedside, open, laparoscopic, robotic and endoscopic procedures
- VR endoscopic trainer (same is used for SAGES FES Exam required for ABS certification)
- VR laparoscopic trainer
- VR robotic surgery trainer
- 24/7 access
Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conference
- Resident led; faculty mentored
- Formal presentations prepared
- Brief literature review relevant to cases
Integrated Surgical Principles/Operative Decision Making/Journal Club/Surgical Anatomy Lab modules
- High yield integrated subject matter
- Resident directed; faculty mentored
Mock Oral Exam
- SCORE-based content/scenarios
- One-on-one live practice oral exam between local faculty and senior resident
- Faculty score and provide feedback and critique of resident performance
- Graduates complete training with eight to 12 exams
TrueLearn weekly quiz
- Assigned weekly quizzes
- Both subject matter based on integrated curriculum and random topics
Research and Scholarly Activity
- Opportunity for research: The trauma department has a dedicated research group with nurses and statisticians available to assist in implementation, publication and presentation of trauma-related research. Participation in research is primarily resident-lead; however, we have recently increased structure and mentorship to help facilitate early start and completion of research projects. Many faculty members have research ideas of their own and would love resident partnership to implement them. Our program does not have a dedicated research year or month and does not have a basic science lab for research. However, given our largely unopposed program, case studies and retrospective studies have been presented both locally and as far away as Hawaii. Presentations are completely supported by the program with finances and time, with no cut to your vacation allowance.
- Opportunity for elective rotations: Our program has one month available for an elective rotation in your fourth year.
- Mission/Rural Surgery Tract: With ENT and orthopedics being the only other surgical subspecialties at this Level I trauma center hospital, this residency is ideal for mission or rural surgery tract. If interested, residents may scrub with urology and our OB/GYN physicians. The ENT and orthopedic residents are happy to include general surgery residents, even walking us through their routine thyroidectomies and parathyroidectomies.