he objective of the residency training program in surgery is the provision of diverse clinical experience in the field of surgery which includes the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative management of the surgical patient. Crucial to this goal is the structured educational program upon which each resident builds a strong knowledge database. The clinical responsibilities of the surgical house officer increase in depth and complexity as the level of the training progresses. The educational progress, scholarly activity and the clinical activity of each resident are carefully supervised by an experienced attending staff guided by the program director. The surgical residency has an unblemished record of full accreditation by the Residency Review Committee.

The Surgical Program has trained graduates of medical students from across the United States of America. Recent students who have applied and been accepted to the Staten Island University Hospital Surgery Program are graduates from leading medical schools as: University of Chicago, Mount Sinai, Georgetown, SUNY Downstate and Stonybrook, University of Kansas, George Washington University, Albert Einstein, Pennsylvania State University, Hahneman, Tulane, Tufts, Creighton, Chicago Medical School, and the University of Florida. Over two-thirds of the graduates of the surgical training program have sought and obtained post-graduate specialty fellowships.

Thus, the Department of Surgery at Staten Island University Hospital evaluates the training program in the following areas:

• The variety and complexity of clinical material;
• Evidence of the acquisition of cognitive knowledge;
• Maintenance of an environment that stresses individual responsibility and the development of characteristics which assure surgical success during and after the surgical residency.

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