Rural surgery rotation during surgical residency.
General surgery in the rural hospital is threatened by declining resident interest in pursuing a career in the rural setting. We found that by initiating a rural rotation of 3 months in the senior resident years, a case mix that more approximated that of the rural surgeons was experienced. Also, by experiencing a rural rotation, more residents chose to practice in a rural setting when compared with residents before the initiation of the rotation.
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA.
John L
JL
Milligan
Henry S
HS
Nelson
Matthew L
ML
Mancini
Mitchell H
MH
Goldman
D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D011365:Professional Practice Location / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013714:Tennessee