EVALUATION OF POSTGRADUATE SURGICAL EDUCATION IN TURKEY
İSKENDER SAYEK1, FATİH AĞALAR2, BÜLENT TIRNAKSIZ3, METİN ÇAKMAKÇI1
1Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Genel Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, ANKARA
2Büyük Acil Poliklinik, ANKARA
3Boğazlıyan Devlet Hastanesi, Genel Cerrahi Kliniği, YOZGAT
Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate postgraduate surgical education in Turkey and to determine the variations between different teaching institutions. A questionnaire was sent to the chiefs of surgical departments of 22 university, 10 ministry of health, 6 social security and 1 foundation teaching hospitals. The response rate to the questionnaire was 77%.
The number of annual operation was between 350-400 and 40-60% of them were performed by residents. There was no significant difference between the university hospitals in respect to resident/bed and educators/resident ratio, rotations and early publications. Assessment examinations during training was used in 27% of the university and 15% of non-university hospitals. Chief residency was present in 55.5% of the university and 25% of the non university hospitals. Significant variations were present between institutions in respect to the standards and homogeneity of the training given.