University of Kentucky Surgery GME

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The general surgery residency program is structured to educate qualified and highly motivated individuals into superior clinical and academic surgeons. The residency is a five-year program fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. It is approved to graduate eight chief residents each year.Eight PGY-1 residents are accepted into the categorical general surgery program each year, providing a non-pyramidal structure to the program. Residents achieve clinical proficiency through graduated responsibility commensurate with their abilities and levels of training during five years of clinical experience. Our residents are strongly encouraged to participate in scholarly research as well as in the surgical care of patients