Abstract

Background: The modern paradigm for third-year surgery clerkships is a 6-12 week rotation period that places the general surgery service at its core, while providing limited exposure to subspecialty services. A novel surgery clerkship system in which students were assigned to either a general surgery or subspecialty rotation for the entire clerkship was recently trialed at a large U.S. medical school. The purpose of this study was to analyze the outcome of the novel clerkship system with regard to student academic achievement and success in the surgical residency match.

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