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General Surgery Curriculum

surgical residents

Below is a snapshot of the curriculum for the General Surgery Residency program at Mercy Catholic Medical Center (MCMC). PGY refers to “Post-Graduate Year.”

PGY-1

12 months General Surgery

PGY-2

2 months Pediatric Surgery 
1 month SICU 
1 month Trauma 
8 months General Surgery

PGY-3

1 month Elective 
1 month Transplant Surgery 
10 months General Surgery

PGY-4

2 months Trauma 
10 months General Surgery

PGY-5

12 months General Surgery

In addition, conferences are designed to provide didactic information and to review patient care. The MCMC schedule includes a Surgical Basic Science Course, Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Conference, weekly Surgery Grand Rounds, Surgery Journal Club, Tumor Board and PBL Management Conference.