Introduction:

medical education has evolved from a topic-focused programs to one focused on the quality of outcomes and competencies. Different models and educational contents have been suggested for the training of doctors specializing in general surgery around the world. However, in our country there is no single program for all training venues for specialists in general surgery, which has resulted in a wide heterogeneity of levels of educational quality as well as clinical results in our country.

Objective:

to structure an academic program that serves as a reference for all academic institutions in our country training medical doctors specializing in general surgery.

Material and methods:

the development of the proposal of the reference program for the training of general surgeons (PRFCG) consisted of 5 phases: 1) review and integration of national and international programs better structured by a committee; 2) review and consensus by academic professors, experts and associates of the initial program; 3) review and consensus through the Delphi methodology (consensus > 75%) by working groups that worked remotely prior to the XVIII National Meeting of the Surgeon; 4) Presentation and discussion of the results of these Tables in the XVIII Meeting and 5) Presentation and dissemination of the PRFCG in the XLVI International Congress of Surgery that took place in the city of Mérida, Yucatán.

Results:

the final product of this process was consolidated with the support and participation of more than 200 professors and experts on surgical education, 620 associates, 14 coordinators and 54 experts who worked for the creation of a program with 27 cognitive units, 9 transversal competencies, 8 attitudinal competencies, 21 rotations, 92 surgical procedures proposed in logbook as well as 5 APROCs as part of the PRFCG. The complete program is contemplated for a 4-year training with a flexible academic structure.

Conclusions:

PRFCG is herein presented as a reference with the intention of “standardizing” the minimum necessary academic elements for the training of a specialist in general surgery. The mission of this project is not to impose a program, but to facilitate through different means a surgical education of the highest quality and available to all Mexicans with the support of the Mexican Association of General Surgeons, A.C. (AMCG).

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