The standard surgery intern orientation is very important. The surgery intern orien-tation is completed by surgery education division (SED) in the U.S.A. The orientation includes speech from director of surgery department. the interaction part presided by surgical teachers

topic groups for discussing. Then the faculties of SED will explain the core competences which are required by accred-itation council on graduate medical education (ACGME)

educational activities of department

the re-view process for resident physicians. The orientation also includes occupation development plan for residents; manners

teamwork and communication to patients; surgical basic skills training

system management

feedback and evaluation etc. The expectation of this article is for the improvement of Chinese surgery intern orientation.