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Basically what the title says.
Are they in urban or rural locations? I heard that most general surgeons work in more rural areas and if you want to be in a desirable city, then you have to do a fellowship?My senior residents went straight into practice out of residency and are doing well, same with some a year or two behind me. I started at my current practice with two general surgeons right out of residency and they're doing the full gamut + trauma. So no.
Are they in urban or rural locations? I heard that most general surgeons work in more rural areas and if you want to be in a desirable city, then you have to do a fellowship?
If you want to do the above listed things this is fairly accurate. Everything else it is not required but useful if you want to only do those things, such as colorectal, endocrine, etc. If all you want to do is take out colons then do colorectal.But for the sub-specialties that arise from general surgery:
For vascular, CT, plastics, peds surg, transplant, HPB-surg onc? Yes
More in-between urban and rural. This includes myself. Desirable city is subjective. Having grown up, worked in and gone to med school in a large city; there is nothing about large city living that even remotely appeals to me. Good thing too, because I love where I live (City size approx 100K with a catch area of around 500K) and all the outdoor amenities that come with not living in a city. Plus I'm married and have kids. I don't eat out a lot and never had interest in theatre and such. My ideal weekend recently was walking out my backdoor with my kids and going cross country skiing, building a fire, eating some snacks and teaching them how to build a fort.Are they in urban or rural locations? I heard that most general surgeons work in more rural areas and if you want to be in a desirable city, then you have to do a fellowship?