Will there still be a need for preparation in Gynecology and Obstetrics for the general surgeons and vice-versa?

The development of the various surgical specialties and their respective training programs, together with some shortening in the duration of the residencies, has led to their separation from what we might call the mother speciality, General Surgery. In some cases, like Gynecology and Obstetrics, at least in my country, this has become total, with reflexes in the hospital clinical practice. Similarly, the training in General Surgery has been emptied from surgical exposure to other organs, systems and anatomical areas, with an increasing focus on digestive tract pathology and emphasis on laparoscopic approaches, which may make the general surgeon himself feel less prepared for acute gynecological or obstetric pathology. Although, in elective surgical practice, there tends to be an approach between the General Surgery and Gynecology teams, with the establishment of close collaborations, especially in the treatment of peritoneal dissemination of ovarian neoplasias, it is in the context of urgency that there is more to be done