Surgical resident elective rotation abroad give different opportunity such experience a different teaching and training, acquire more and new operative experience, experience living and working in a different cultural environment. Furthermore, the growing process of globalization that involves the nations themselves in different sectors, should also lead to a homogeneity of training on a global level, in order to be able to guarantee adequate assistance to different types of patients at the same time, and the possibility for doctors themselves of working abroad. the objective of the study is to provide the first overview of what is the current Italian scenario concerning abroad elective rotations during surgical training

Inclusion Criteria:

• working as short-term supernumerary registrars in a foreign surgical department during the academic year 2017-2018

Exclusion Criteria:

• Surgeons/residents who have not been abroad for training

resident

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