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Bedside To Bench: Basic Science Research During General Surgery Residency, Signe Caksa
Bedside To Bench: Basic Science Research During General Surgery Residency, Signe Caksa
Gibbon Surgical Review
Clinical, basic science, and quality improvement research is becoming increasingly integrated into general surgery residency programs, providing aspiring surgeons with an avenue to engage with academia and improve patient care early on in their careers. For example, as an essential part of their training, general surgery residents at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) complete one to two years of research, usually between their PGY3 and PGY4 years. The goal of this protected research time is for residents to gain hands-on surgical research skills and work on translational research projects that correlate with clinical cases, while also becoming more competitive for …