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General Surgery Residency Survival Guide

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Editors:
  1. Asanthi Ratnasekera

    1. Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, USA

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  2. Marc Neff

    1. Center for Surgical Weight Loss, Jefferson Health of New Jersey, Cherry Hill, USA

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  3. Kahyun Yoon-Flannery

    1. Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, USA

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  4. Alec Beekley

    1. Jefferson Comprehensive Weight Management, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA

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  • A practical guide to help residents prepare for the rigors of surgical residency
  • Discusses basic skills, relationships, finances, academics, clinical duties, leadership and ethics
  • An excellent resource for residents and medical students

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Academics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Mentorship: How to Spot a Good Mentor and Hold on Tight

      • Brian M. Till, Shale Mack
      Pages 3-7

    3. ABSITE and the Boards: A Marathon Mindset

      • Walker Lyons, Emily Isch
      Pages 9-13

    4. Talent Versus Hard Work

      • Devon Pace
      Pages 15-17

    5. Acquiring Wisdom and Judgment: Good Judgment Comes from Bad Experience; Bad Experience Comes from Poor Judgment

      • William Preston, Sourav Podder
      Pages 19-20

    6. Developing Surgical Skills

      • Madison M. Crutcher, Lisa A. Bevilacqua
      Pages 21-24

    7. Effective Methods and Tools for Studying

      • Darshak Thosani, Micaela Collins
      Pages 25-28

    8. Research

      • Ryan Lamm
      Pages 29-32

    9. Curriculum Vitae Preparation

      • Uzma Rahman
      Pages 33-35

    10. Tools for Purchase to Succeed in Residency

      • Lindsay Weil
      Pages 37-41

  3. Clinical Duties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Office Hours

      • Madison Harris
      Pages 45-46

    3. Triaging Clinical Duties and Being Organized

      • Benjamin A. Dixson, Brone S. Lobichusky
      Pages 47-49

    4. Surviving Call

      • Zi L. Huang
      Pages 51-53

    5. Keeping Up with the Paperwork

      • Shelley Jain
      Pages 55-57

    6. Teaching Other Residents and Students

      • Benjamin A. Dixson, Emily O. Goddard
      Pages 59-60

    7. Interactions with Nurses, OR, and Office Staff

      • James Juhng
      Pages 61-62

    8. Interactions with Residents and Attendings

      • James Juhng
      Pages 63-64

    9. Curbside Consultation

      • Ellen Pekar
      Pages 65-66
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About this book

There are over 250 surgical residencies in the United States. Most residents experience some degree of shock once they start on the very first day, and the demands of residency are high. The current overall dropout rate is 16%, and there is evidence for higher burnout rates, suicide rates, addiction rates and divorce rates among all surgeons compared to other careers. There is therefore a critical need for the education of resiliency during surgical residency and guidance on surviving this challenging portion of their career. Unfortunately, the experiences of trial and error are the basis for survival, and resiliency training is often overlooked as part of the traditional surgical training. 

This practical guide is founded on many conversations with struggling general surgery residents and will have wide appeal, utilizing these experiences via interviews with current residents at different residency programs and covering an even wider variety of topics, with variableexperiences based on differing ages, races, sexes, and marital statuses. Each chapter begins with a topic and a brief introduction, expansion on the topic based on their unique experiences, and then a concluding list of pearls to remember and use in daily residency. The topics are broken down thematically into five main sections, covering the breadth of residency experience and work/life balance: academics, clinical duties, life outside of work, leadership and ethics, and basic survival skills and self-care.

Written by current residents for current residents, General Surgery Residency Survival Guide will be a valuable resource for everyone navigating this challenging portion of their medical career.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, USA

    Asanthi Ratnasekera

  • Center for Surgical Weight Loss, Jefferson Health of New Jersey, Cherry Hill, USA

    Marc Neff

  • Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, USA

    Kahyun Yoon-Flannery

  • Jefferson Comprehensive Weight Management, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA

    Alec Beekley

About the editors

Asanthi Ratnasekera DO, FACS, Christiana Care Health System, Associate Trauma Medical Director, Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery, Newark DE, USA


Marc Neff MD, FACS, FASMBS, Jefferson Health of New Jersey, Center for Surgical Weight Loss, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
  
Kahyun Yoon-Flannery DO MPH FACS CPE, Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA

Alec Beekley MD, Jefferson Comprehensive Weight Management, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: General Surgery Residency Survival Guide

  • Editors: Asanthi Ratnasekera, Marc Neff, Kahyun Yoon-Flannery, Alec Beekley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25617-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-25616-5Published: 28 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-25617-2Published: 27 March 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 210

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgery

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