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01-06-2019 | Basic Surgery | Editorial and Commentary
The General Surgery Residency Program in Italy: a changing scenario
Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 2/2019
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Disaffection in general surgery specialty has steadily increased over the last years due to multiple factors:-
general perception of a long and difficult career with complete surgical autonomy reached only after several years of practice;
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increasing medico-legal problems due to a more and more conflictual patient–doctor relationship;
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lower quality of life as compared to other medical and surgical specialties;
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career progression sometimes affected by non-technical factors (political reasons);
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increasing workload due to personnel shortage.