RT Journal
A1 Oyogoa S, Komenaka I
T1 MEthods of surgical training
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1999
FD February 1
VO 134
IS 2
SP 220
OP 220
DO 10.1001/archsurg.134.2.220
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.2.220
AB 
We read with interest the article by Ko et al1 published in the August issue of the ARCHIVES. It is about time we take a hard look at US general surgery training, especially surgical resident training, and consider the effects of various subspecialties and newer technologies. Claude H. Organ, Jr, stated that, "Surgeons are completing their surgical training at an age later than the Jesuits are ordaining their priests! . . . Residents in training today must be competent in open and closed operative skills, which has added a new dimension to our educational process."