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General Surgery Review Program

In April 2009 the 4rth General Surgery Review Course took place with participation of 113 graduating residents from every program in the country. The objective of the Course is to prepare residents for a successful Royal College Exam on General Surgery. It is a two day program with lectures and a question and answer period oriented to the exams. Lectures are given by faculty from every program who make the effort

2009 General Surgery Review.
Residents use touch pads to participate in the 2009 General Surgery Review.

to prepare the topics and relevant questions in the most important topics. The number of participants has been increasing every year and this year I think we have over 90% of the graduating residents coming to the course. The course is sponsored by the University of Toronto and McMaster University in a joint effort. A web site has been created and residents can find all the information in this site www.generalsurgeryreview.ca. We are already planning next year's course based on the feedback from participating residents and the needs assessment we do every year. We will include new activities in this next course to make it even better.

Jaime Escallon, General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital

SOME COMMENTS FROM THE RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR 2009 GENERAL SURGERY REVIEW PROGRAM:

"Well organized, concise, right to the point, excellent lecturers."

"Touch pad input, case based questions, great for audience participation."

"Thorough coverage of selected topics with very knowledgeable and dynamic speakers."

YEAR

NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO ATTENDED

2006 69
2007 84
2008 96
2009 113

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN FOR 2009 ATTENDEES:

BC 11
ALBERTA 13
MANITOBA 5
ONTARIO 38
QUEBEC 30
NS 7
NF 1
NB 1
SK 7
TOTAL 113



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