General Surgery Residency On-Line Handbook

• Statement of Purpose from the Chairman
• Program Requirements for
  Residency Education in Surgery (PDF)
• Teaching Rounds and Conferences
• Ethical/Legal Responsibility
• Dress and Conduct
• Resident Supervision
• Handoffs: Morning and Evening Report
• Education
• Duty Hours
• Core Competencies
• Policy on Passage of United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE) (PDF)
• House Officer Evaluation
• Comprehensive Review of Performance
• Clinical Competency Committee
• Program Evaluation Committee
• Faculty to Resident Evaluation Form (PDF)
• Resident to Faculty Evaluation Form (PDF)
• Resident to Resident Evaluation Form (PDF)
• Curriculum

General Surgery

• PGY-1 (PDF)
• PGY-2 (PDF)
• PGY-3 (PDF)
• PGY-4&5 (PDF)

Vascular Surgery

• PGY-1 (PDF)
• PGY-3&4 (PDF)

Trauma and Critical Care

• Trauma - PGY-1&2 (PDF)
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit - CA-1&2 (PDF)

Transplant/Hepatobiliary Surgery

• PGY-1 (PDF)
• PGY-2&3 (PDF)
• PGY-4 (PDF)

Pediatric Surgery

• PGY-3 (PDF)

Burn Surgery

• PGY-1 (PDF)
• PGY-2 (PDF)

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• PGY-1 (PDF)

• Inpatient Service
• Ward Management
• Patient Lists
• Operating Room
• Surgical Intensive Care Units
• Consultations
• Patient Discharge/Follow-up Planning
• Call Schedule
• Trauma Teams
• House Officer and Faculty Numbers (PDF)
• Outpatient Clinic Schedule
• Specialty Clinic Schedule
• Faculty Clinic Schedule
• Day Surgery
• Same-Day Surgery
• Clinical Support Services
• Beepers
• Long Distance Telephone Usage
• Travel Guidelines
• Vacations
• Interviews
• Sick Leave
• Meal Stipend Policy (PDF)
• Moonlighting Activities

• General Information for House Staff -PDF- (including appointment information; salary and fringe benefits; vacation and leave; due process; grievances; position description of appointment; ACGME institutional requirements; and passage of USMLE)
• State Liability for Conduct of Public Servants
• Sexual Harassment
• Occupational Post-Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Chemoprophylaxis Policy Memo (PDF)
• Occupational Post-Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Chemoprophylaxis Policy
• Decedent Affairs Procedures Memo (PDF)
• Decedent Affairs Flow Chart (PDF)
• Telephone Consent Confirmation Requirements (PDF)
• Disposition of Hospital Deaths
• Authorization for Post-Mortem Procedures Form
• Caring for Deceased Patients (PDF)
• Routine Death Notification (PDF)
• Pathology Patterns and Consent for Autopsy (PDF)
• Disposition of Deceased Patients
• Authorization for Postmortem Procedures
• UTMB Workers’ Compensation Insurance (WCI) Form (PDF)
• Non-Employee Accident Report Form (PDF)
• 2017 Holiday Schedule (PDF)
• Guidelines for Surgery B Service (PDF)
• Guidelines for Vascular Surgery Service (PDF)