title: Will operate for food.
abstract: After spending 15 years in university, Dr. Robert Patterson recently received the right to write FRCSC after his name, and then began to look for gainful employment as a general surgeon. It was a long and frustrating search. He recounts how he finally found work in northern Alberta, and wonders if next year's residents will encounter the same shortage of opportunities that he discovered.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004651:Employment; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D000078329:Workforce