Why the residents/post-graduates in the Surgical branches are not given ample surgical and clinical exposure?

It's a genuine crisis. New surgeons are leaving their training feeling unprepared, and it boils down to a few things.

First, the culture has changed. With the intense focus on patient safety and the fear of lawsuits, senior surgeons are less willing to let trainees take the lead. It's often just easier and safer for them to do the procedure themselves.

Second, the surgeries themselves are different. Minimally invasive techniques are great for patients but terrible for training. It's much harder to teach when you're guiding instruments via a camera instead of hand-over-hand.

Finally, there's simply less time. Working-hour restrictions, while necessary, mean residents aren't getting the sheer volume of cases they once did. The "simple" training cases are now done in outpatient clinics, leaving only the most complex procedures for the hospital.

It's a perfect storm that results in less hands-on experience, and we urgently need to fix it with better simulation and new training models.