An observational study in Gastro-Intestinal Disorder, sponsored by Methodist Health System. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-10.
Sponsored by Methodist Health System · Observational
The aim of this anonymous survey is to identify who teaches GI procedures to general surgical residents during residency training and understand the need as well as desire for an Advanced Surgical GI fellowship amongst senior surgical residents. We also hope to identify the self-reported level of comfort of senior general surgery residents in completing both common and complex GI procedures.
Graduating general surgery residents are faced with the difficult decision of whether to pursue further specialized surgical fellowship training or to begin independent general surgical practice. Advanced GI Fellowship is a relatively new area of fellowship surgical training, with only 8 fellowships currently recognized by the Fellowship Council of the United States. The previous survey assessed the need for such a fellowship among health systems, departments, and practice groups interested in hiring a GI surgeon. More data is coming out showing that graduating surgical residents are unprepared to independently perform core general surgery procedures. Therefore, it is vitally important to be able to understand not only who are teaching general surgery residents GI surgical procedures, but also the residents' self-reported competence with GI procedures, and personal experience and degree of comfort managing both common and complex GI surgical pathologies.
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There are 260 ACGME-accredited general surgery programs in the United States. Each program can have 1-13 residents per year.
All fourth and fifth year general surgery residents in accredited Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education(ACGME) general surgery residency programs in the United States.
Exclusion Criteria:
All junior general surgical residents (third year residents through interns) will be excluded from the study.
Determine who is training senior surgical residents in advanced GI surgical procedures and the trainees' comfort with performing complex GI procedures following residency training.
Training senior general surgical residents
Gain further understanding in who is training senior general surgical residents in advanced GI surgery during residency training.
Time frame: 1 year
Plan to share: Yes — All information will be blinded in compliance with Good Clinical Practice(GCP). The investigator will make all possible efforts to ensure compliance with all policies regarding sharing of Protected Health Information(PHI) or research information. Only de-identified PHI will be shared in relevant research mediums. These mediums may range from national, regional, local and/or international sites. In addition, study data and findings may be submitted for presentation at local and national conferences.
Supporting information: Study protocol
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