Opinions of Surgeons About a New Training Paradigm

Hypothesis:The acute care surgery (ACS) 2-year training model, incorporating surgical critical care (SCC), trauma surgery, and emergency general surgery, was developed to improve resident interest in the field. We believed that analysis of survey responses about the new trainingparadigmbeforeitsimplementationwouldyield valuableinformationoncurrentpracticepatternsandon opinions about the ACS model. Design: Two surveys. Participants: Members of the Surgery Section of the SocietyofCriticalCareMedicineandSCCprogramdirectors. Interventions: One survey was sent to SCC program directors to define the practice patterns of trauma and SCC surgeons at their institutions, and another survey was sent to all Surgery Section of the Society of Critical CareMedicinememberstosolicitopinionsabouttheACS model.