Surgical Residency Program
The surgical
residency is a graded, five-year program. During each of the five
years, the resident is given increasing responsibility. First, second,
and third-year surgical residents rotate on night call throughout their
three junior years. During night call, they are responsible for all
services of the Surgery Department. The senior residents similarly
are on call for immediate consultation on all problems and operative cases.
The attending surgeons maintain an on-call roster immediately available
to the Chief Surgical Resident. The Chief Surgical Resident is on
call every other night and every other weekend.
Although the
Surgical Residency Program is based at the San Joaquin General Hospital,
it is affiliated with the University of California, Davis. In addition
to San Joaquin General Hospital, the residency program includes rotations
through the University of California Davis Medical Center (Sacramento),
and St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton). The program is, therefore,
listed as follows:
| San Joaquin General Hospital
Program |
|
San Joaquin General Hospital |
|
University Medical Center (Sacramento) |
|
St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) |
| Stockton, California |
The three hospitals
provide the trainee with generous clinical experience in general surgery
including vascular, gastrointestinal, colon and rectal, endocrine, thoracic,
pediatric, burns and trauma surgery and endoscopy. Additionally,
there is an excellent exposure to surgical sub-specialty services.
San
Joaquin General Hospital
San Joaquin
General Hospital serves a total County population of approximately 500,000
people. As a public-operated facility, the patients admitted to the
hospital, to the emergency room and to the clinics are the responsibility
of the house staff physicians under the supervision of the attending faculty.
The Surgery Department has 40-60 beds. During an average year, there
are 5,000 patients admitted to the surgical services, and 6,000 surgical
procedures performed. From July 2004 to July 2005, 22,320 patients patients
were seen in the surgical outpatient clinics. A large volume of traumatic
cases are seen in the Emergency Department, which is usually busy because
of location on two major highways. Statistics recorded during the
past year reflect the activity of the Surgical Service:
5,000 |
|
Inpatient Admissions |
| 22,320 |
|
Outpatient Admissions |
50,000 |
|
Emergency Room Admissions |
6,030 |
|
Operations |
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St.
Joseph's Medical Center
St. Joseph's
Medical Center is a teaching hospital located in Stockton. The fourth-year
surgical residents rotate through St. Joseph's Medical Center, each for
a period of six months as Senior Resident. During this time, he/she
has complete responsibility of the management of all patients on the surgical
service under the supervision of the attending surgeons. Statistics of
the past year reflect the activity of the hospital:
|
8,602 |
|
Inpatient Admissions |
| 8,550 |
|
Outpatient Admissions |
| 31,568 |
|
Emergency Room Admissions |
| 8,602 |
|
Operations |
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University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
The University
Medical Center is an acute hospital licensed for 409 beds. It has an active
emergency department, outpatient clinics, and research facilities.
Since July 1985, third- or fourth-year surgical residents have been rotating
through the University of California, Davis Medical Center in Pediatric
Surgery, Surgical Intensive Care Unit/Burns, Trauma and Transplantation.
Projected figures for the University of California, Davis Medical Center
are as follows:
|
40,000 |
|
Inpatient Admissions |
| 19,322 |
|
Outpatient Admissions |
| 61,016 |
|
Emergency Room Admissions |
|
21,796 |
|
Operations |
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