Presenting at regional and national meetings, as well as submitting papers to peer review journals is encouraged. Administrative, technical, and financial support is available at Guthrie to foster these efforts by surgery residents. The faculty of the General Surgery Residency Program is committed to education. All cases admitted to the surgical service are teaching cases. They devote a significant portion of their time to undergraduate and graduate medical teaching.
Teaching is through rounds, conferences, and in the operating room.
The faculty is immediately available to and accessible by residents at all levels of training. Robert Packer Hospital is a sophisticated, tertiary rural medical center. The facility includes a modern operating suite and intensive care units. The hospital receives many complex referrals, sent here for specialty care from surrounding communities. In addition to general surgical training, the hospital is also the primary teaching facility for family practice and internal medicine residencies.