PGY-2
Second Year Residents:At this level, the residents are expected to evaluate and formulate a plan for management of more complicated patients. Residents at this level achieve more surgical exposure and perform procedures (under direct supervision of attending surgeons or senior residents), such as repair of primary and recurrent hernia, exploratory laparotomy, open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and basic vascular surgery. They are also exposed to full-time intensive care of critically ill patients. Residents learn techniques in diagnostic and interventional surgical endoscopy. The residents at this level are expected to satisfactorily perform placement of arterial lines, central venous lines, and Swan Ganz catheters, major debridement, skin grafts, and management of less complicated trauma patients.
Second Year Resident Educational Objectives:
1. Demonstrate proficiency in the interpretation of significance of history, physical findings, and laboratory and diagnostic studies of common and more complex surgical problems.
2 . Demonstrate proficiency in knowledge of therapeutic options and priorities of management of patients with common and complex surgical problems.
3 . Demonstrate knowledge base and skills necessary to manage critically ill and/or injured surgical patients.
4. Demonstrate proficiency in surgical endoscopy.
5. Demonstrate increased operative skills necessary to perform more complex surgical procedures (i.e., hernia repair, complex soft-tissue surgery, basic laparotomy/laparoscopy procedures, vascular access).