title: General surgery residency in Brasil - very far from real practice.
abstract: The author presents the Residency in General Surgery in Brazil from its inception, outlining its changes up to the present day. She discusses her doubts and thoughts about the best model for General Surgery residency programs and the declining demand for General Surgery as a career and the causes for such decline.
authors.affiliation: Residency Program in General Surgery, HUCFF-UFRJ, RJ, Brazil. eligsant54@gmail.comm
authors.forename: Elizabeth Gomes
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards