The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday on a lawsuit filed last week alleging that UC hospitals endanger patients by allowing residents to perform surgical procedures in which faculty members are only present to supervise. Theodore Schrock, UCSF professor and interim chair in the department of surgery, says residents perform all parts of a procedure only under the supervision of a faculty member. Consequently, attending physicians may be assisted by medical students, interns, residents and post graduate fellows during the care of each patient. The patient agrees to treatment by these persons while under the direction of the attending physician.
Residents perform procedures under the supervision of a faculty member.
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