General Surgery Rotation Schedule

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

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

Program Year 1 (PGY 1) 

• 2 months B Team
• 3 months A Team
• 2 months C Team
• 1 month SICU
  
• 1 month combined Hyperbaric Medicine & Tissue Repair & Anesthesia
  
• 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
• 1 month Pelvic Surgery (Urology/GYN)
  
• 1 month Burn (UW-Madison)
• 1 month ENT
• 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 – General Surgery Conference
  
• 3rd - Breast/Colorectal Conference
  
• 4th Indications Conference
  
• Weekly – Breast Multidisciplinary Conference

Tuesday

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

Wednesday

• Weekly – Morbidity/Mortality Conference

Thursday

• 1^st – Radiology Conference
• 2^nd – Indications Conference
• 3^rd – Journal Club Conference

• 4th – Vascular Surgery Conference

Friday

• 1^st – Simulation Lab
• 2^nd – Research Conference
• 3^rd – Trauma Peer Review QI
• 4^th –​ Trauma/ICU 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 strict in-house call; however, call rooms are available should a resident elect to stay in-house.