====== Case volume ====== Over the past 7 years, the case [[volume]] of surgical [[resident]]s steadily increased. Surgical [[trainee]]s who graduated during the [[coronavirus]] [[pandemic]] have equal or greater total operative [[experience]] compared to trainees who graduated prior to the pandemic ((Beaulieu-Jones BR, de Geus SWL, Rasic G, Woods AP, Papageorge MV, Sachs TE. COVID-19 Did Not Stop the Rising Tide: Trends in Case Volume Logged by Surgical Residents. J Surg Educ. 2022 Nov 23:S1931-7204(22)00308-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.11.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36528544.)). see [[Hospital case volume]] see [[Operative case volume]]