[THE COST OF SURGICAL EDUCATION IN ISRAEL].

BACKGROUND: Competence based surgical education is gradually accepted and implemented in the Israeli general surgery residency programs. This educational endeavor promotes the development of new instructive platforms for trainees as well as launching evaluation strategies for resident professional development. The cost of surgical education was never conveyed to the attention of medical policy makers. The financing for educational purposes during residency was perpetually inconsistent and fluctuant. Changing residency teaching techniques and domains pose financial burdens. Financing for residency education should be the interest of the various stakeholders e.g. Ministry of Health, medical centers and medical insurance agencies. Dedicated philanthropy should be directed to support the transfer of surgical residencies to competence based surgical tutoring but never as a singular source.