General Surgery Rotation Schedule

​​​​​​​​General Surgery Rotation Schedule and ​definitions:

A Team:  Trauma/SICU/Acute Care Surgery and Pediatric Surgery
B Team:  General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Oncology Surgery
C Team:  Vascular Surgery and Breast Surgery

Program Year 1 (PGY 1) 

• 2 months B Team
• 2.5 months A Team
• 2 months C Team
• 1 month SICU
• 2 weeks Anesthesia
• 1 month Hyperbaric Medicine & Tissue Repair
• 1 month Plastic Surgery
• 2 months Night Float

Program Year 2 (PGY 2)

• 3 months B Team
• 2 months C Team
• 2 months A Team
• 2 weeks Urology
• 1 month Burn (UW-Madison)
• 1 month ENT
• 2 weeks Gynecology
• 2 months Night Float

Program Year 3 (PGY 3)

• 3 months B Team
• 2 months A Team
• 2 months C Team
• 2 months Endoscopy/Colonoscopy
• 1 month Cardiothoracic Surgery
• 1 month ENT
• 1 month SICU

Program Year 4 ​(PGY 4)

• 4 months B Team
• 2.5 months A Team
• 3 months C Team
• 1.5 months Trauma Surgery (MCW-Milwaukee)
• 1 month Transplant (MCW-Milwaukee)

Program Year 5 (PGY 5) 

• 4 months A Team
• 4 months B Team
• 4 months C Team

Required Conference Schedule

Monday

• 1^st – Surgical Oncology Conference
• 2^nd-5^th – Indications Conference
• Weekly – Breast Multidisciplinary Conference

Tuesday

• 1^st – Residents Business Meeting
• 2^nd – Radiology Conference
• 4^th – Simulation Lab
• Weekly GI Tumor Conference

Wednesday

• Weekly – Morbidity/Mortality Conference

Thursday

• 1^st – Applied Medical Knowledge in Surgery Conference
• 2^nd – Journal Conference
• 3^rd – Research Conference

• 4th – Vascular Surgery Conference

Friday

• 1^st – Simulation Lab
• 2^nd – Pediatric Surgery Conference
• 3^rd – Trauma Peer Review QI
• 4^th -  Applied Medical Knowledge Conference

Call Schedule

• General Surgery Resident call varies with each of the service rotations but follows the ACGME program requirements for accredited residency programs. There is no in-house call.