general surgery residency

Hi Alex,

"General Surgery" is a discipline of surgery having a central core of knowledge embracing anatomy, physiology, metabolism, immunology, nutrition, pathology, wound healing, shock and resuscitation, intensive care, and neoplasia, which are common to all surgical specialties.

The training program must consist of at least five years.

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  Not more than 12 months may be devoted to education in a single surgical discipline other than the principal components of surgery.

  
  


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  Not more than six months in total may be allocated to nonsurgical clinical disciplines such as internal medicine, pediatrics, gastroenterology, anesthesiology, or surgical pathology.

  
  


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  At least 54 months (4.5 years) must be clinical surgery, with experience in endoscopy, surgical intensive care, and emergency care included under this category.

  
  


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  Three of the clinical surgery years must be concerned with the principal components of general surgery.

  
  

How Much Do Resident Doctors Get Paid?

• Doctors just out of medical school must complete a rigorous training program in hospitals and clinics, called a residency, before they can make the big bucks. Residency programs vary in length anywhere from three to seven years, depending on the specialty. Most resident doctors are typically paid a salary in the range of $40,000 to $50,000 a year, according to data from the American Medical Association.

Resident Salaries by Specialty:

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  Salaries for residents vary slightly by specialty. Resident doctors can train in many basic specialties, ranging from internal medicine to general surgery. The internal medicine residency -- training for a general adult medicine doctor who works in a hospital -- is the largest basic medical specialty with the most resident doctors nationwide. Internal medicine resident doctors make on average $47,699 a year, according to American Medical Association statistics.

  
  


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  Anesthesiology residents make an average $48,343 a year and dermatology residents make on average $49,142 a year. Resident doctors in a plastic surgery residency have the highest average salary of $55,151 a year, according to the American Medical Association data.

  
  

Resident Salaries by Region:

• How much resident doctors get paid also varies based on the location of the residency program and the area’s cost of living. For example, first-year residents at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital, located in West Hollywood, Calif., make $49,584 a year as of 2012. At the same time, first-year resident doctors at the University of Kansas in Wichita, where the cost of living is lower, make $47,560 a year.

Sources: https://www.facs.org/education/resources/residency-search/specialties/general
http://work.chron.com/much-resident-doctors-paid-5461.html

Good Luck!