General Surgery Resident-Initiated Transfers Are Frequent and Mutually Beneficial

Limited studies describe rationales for intra-specialty ( “lateral”) general surgery resident program transfers (GSTs). We aim to describe key features of general surgery residency programs reporting GSTs, to characterize rationales behind transfer events, and to compare transfer in resident skill sets against their institutional peers.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Surgical Education Source Type: research