%0 Journal Article %T Resid¨ºncia m¨¦dica em cirurgia geral no Brasil - muito distante da realidade profissional %A Santos %A Elizabeth Gomes dos %J Revista do Col¨¦gio Brasileiro de Cirurgi£¿es %D 2009 %I Col¨¦gio Brasileiro de Cirurgi?es %R 10.1590/S0100-69912009000300017 %X the author presents the residency in general surgery in brazil from its inception, outlining its changes up to the present day. she discusses her doubts and thoughts about the best model for general surgery residency programs and the declining demand for general surgery as a career and the causes for such decline. %K residency in general surgery %K education %K teaching. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-69912009000300017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en