Have you become one yet?

@@chauanhdang9227 wow you were a dedicated one. I decided that becoming a surgeon wasn't exactly what I wanted to pursue. I'm a chemical engineer now hoping to pursue grad school for my doctorate to become a research professor. That was me at 14 years old haha

@@leticiacervantes8855 lol not rly i just saw ur comment was made rly long ago so im curious. I also got a friend who gave up on becoming a surgeon and is currently thinking abour chemical engineering lol

@@chauanhdang9227 I'd encourage them to do it. You can get a high paying jobs after only four years and with a few extra classes can take the MCAT if you still want to. A lot of our chemE classes are similar to premed and if they're still passionate they can def try that. It's good to have a back up for any pre med student. Plus as a chemE I can work in the medical field and multiple other fields which I like

@@leticiacervantes8855 I have a doubt could g.surgeon prescribe all medicine like gernral medicine doctor?? because u have completed md 4years

Are you now?

@@jhondalton130 he will be soon

Any update?

Chris Carling Which other types of physicians do you have in mind?

Fearun9033 Well what about emergency physicians or ICU doctors? I'm not saying they're better than general surgeons, I'm just saying we shouldn't be implying general surgeons would be better than them when people "get sick or have a problem." It's just so vague and basically includes all of medicine. A huge portion of people getting sick or having a problem is going to be regarding mental health. Acute metabolic issues like diabetic ketoacidosis and acute vascular issues like strokes would also be included. The people I mentioned probably deal with this more often. These are only acute causes of people getting sick or having problems, and only a few.

In a serious emergency you'd probably want a General Surgeon, because they do some training in emergency medicine and can perform life saving surgery in almost all areas of the body except chest and head and neck. With that being said, EM has an important role but can't do surgery. If lets say you could only have one doctor for the next 7 days u'd want a general surgeon, if its for lets say 12 hours for the most part an Emerg Doc would be just as good if not slightly better. You'd be surprised but u probs wouldn't need an ICU doc just because ICU docs work only in ICUs, they specialize in tertiary care not in field care. General Surgeons are sometimes trained in ICU as well.

You are missing the whole point and going on a stupid rant, he never was trying to give that impression......maybe you should open your ears and listen....

@@chriscarling7400 I have a doubt could g.surgeon prescribe all medicine like gernral medicine doctor?? because u have completed md 4years

Residents are called General Surgeons because they are in the learning program of all types of surgery. In there last year of residency, they come into signing on a fellow ship, which is about an extra 2-3 years of practice in whatever they want to specialize. Whether it be Ortho, Cardio, Neuro, Peds, etc. General Surgeons specialize in about 4 different areas of the body, while Ortho is with bones, Cardio is with the heart and lungs, Peds is with children, and Neuro is with the brain and spine. I'm studying to be a Cardiothorasic Surgeon! At least at this point in time, that's what I feel I want to specialize as.

+Henry Sierra so residency is called general surgeon and they can proceed to fellowship as a general surgeon which is a specialties of gastrointestinal right? And wow! Cardiothoracic surgeon! Respect

+WillJ Y Residency is the 5-7 years of the learning program in which the Residents learn over a very broad and generalized spectrum of surgery types, which is why they say they are General Surgeons, so technically, I guess you could say that. Proceeding to the Fellowship, yes they specialize in general, and yes, gastrointestinal is most certainly if not what they specialize in, but it covers other areas as well. Let's say someone completed a fellowship to general surgery, and is now an attending, well they can sub-specialize in Ortho, and perform an amputation in trauma resulting from a car accident. They won't necessarily always be having to perform intestinal surgery, and thank you.

Henry, what you are describing is the American system of residency, which is quite different from the Canadian residency process (the one described in this video). In Canada, General Surgery is a 5-year residency and is a specialty in and of itself. After finishing residency, you become a specialist; a general surgeon. This is on the same level of specialization as an orthopedic surgeon, an ENT surgeon, or an ophthalmologist, except we specialize in gastrointestinal and breast cancer surgery. After residency, general surgeons have the option of super-specializing within a subspecialty of general surgery. Some examples that are available: colorectal surgery, hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgery, trauma/acute care surgery, surgical critical care (ICU), surgical oncology, transplant surgery, etc. You are right in that in the US, General Surgery residency is just a precursor and an entry program to other specialties. I think the equivalent of a Canadian General Surgeon in the US would be kind of a mixed acute care/colorectal surgeon. Hope this clarifies things for you Will!

+Fearun9033 That's right, thanks, I'm in the U.S so I assumed to speak as so. Thanks for the clarification!

@@monaa.752 its not called cardiologist surgeon :D

The Doge what’s it called then

@@monaa.752 cardiac surgeon

On average, 4 years after mbbs in my country, they do all kinds of surgery in every surgical field especially in a conditions where surgery is an emergency, but nowadays they are mostly do head and neck,thoracic (excluding the heart and great vessel), abdominal,oncologic and vascular surgery Trauma surgery is one of sub specialty of general surgery, but general surgery CAN do trauma surgery within their competence

10ish years

Has your eye fallen off yet?

Ook