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• Goals
• Objectives
• Conference Schedule
• Grand Rounds
Goals
- Provide learning experiences based on measurable objectives
for education of general surgeons during their residency.
- Integrate principles of basic sciences with clinical experiences.
- Promote a broad understanding of the role of surgery and its
interaction with other medical disciplines such as general medicine,
psychiatry, and pediatrics.
- Provide for progressive responsibility from initial patient
care to complete patient management.
- Foster effective interdisciplinary collaborative relationships.
- Provide surgical residents with the ability to function as
teachers and consultants.
- Foster continuing education to promote lifelong individual
initiative and creative scholarships.
- Prepare surgical residents to use research technology and
skills in conducting studies that assist in solving surgical problems.
- Develop professional leadership and management skills.
- Promote understanding of the economic, legal, and social
challenges of contemporary and future surgery.
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Objectives
The objectives of a curriculum describe the
desired changes that occur in the behavior of learners when goals
of the curriculum
have been achieved. These objectives are expressed as outcomes
and are related
to one or more of the competencies or attitudes described as
outcomes of professional education. Thus, objectives for the
curriculum in surgery
specify what the resident should know, be able to do, or have
an attitude about. Each of the following curriculum objectives
should be prefaced
with the phrase: "At the completion of training, the resident
should be able to…"
- Manage surgical disorders based on a thorough knowledge of
basic and clinical science.
- Demonstrate the appropriate skills in those surgical techniques
required of a qualified surgeon.
- Demonstrate the use of critical thinking when making decisions
affecting the life of a patient and the
patient's family.
- Make sound ethical and legal judgments appropriate for a qualified
surgeon.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues and other health professionals.
- Teach and share knowledge with colleagues, residents, students,
and other health care providers.
- Teach patients and their families about the patient's health
needs.
- Demonstrate acceptance of the value of life-long learning
as a necessary prerequisite to maintaining surgical knowledge and skill.
- Demonstrate a commitment to scholarly pursuits through the
conduct and evaluation of research.
- Demonstrate leadership in the management of complex programs
and organizations.
- Provide cost-effective care to surgical patients and families
within the community.
- Respect the religious needs of patients and their families
and provide surgical care in accordance with those needs.
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Conference Schedule
Residents have time on Thursdays from 7 a.m. until approximately
1 p.m. for the academic component of their surgical training. The instructional
methods for our conferences include performance presentation, feedback,
and formal classroom instruction. The core curriculum is integrated
into these discussions and through the assignment of special projects.
The use of laparoscopic trainers and high-tech simulation for minimally
invasive surgery is also part of our curriculum. Residents have an
opportunity to use animal models for the development of minimally invasive
and open surgical skills. Residents also engage in a formal mock oral
examination in preparation for the qualifying examination for the American
Board of Surgery.
The main components of our curriculum are: Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Grand Rounds, basic science conferences, systems-based practice, sub-specialty conferences, chairman’s conferences, pathology conferences, trauma M&M, monthly research meetings, ABSITE and mock oral review, and MIS training.
Basic Conference Schedule Format
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7 a.m. |
8 a.m. |
9 a.m. |
11 a.m. |
12 noon |
| Week |
1 |
M&M |
Grand Rounds |
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Fundamentals of Surgery - Basic and Clinical Science |
Trauma M&M |
2 |
M&M |
Grand Rounds |
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Fundamentals of Surgery - Basic and Clinical Science |
Chairman's Conference |
3 |
M&M |
Research Meeting |
PGY 1&2 MIS Lab |
Fundamentals of Surgery - Basic and Clinical Science |
Pathology Conference |
4 |
M&M |
Grand Rounds |
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Systems Based
Practice / Ethics |
Chairman's Conference |
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Grand Rounds Schedule
For a schedule of upcoming Grand Rounds lectures, click
here
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