Alumni Relationships Thomas William Wakefield Development of strong relationships with alumni is critical to educational organizations, including academic departments of surgery. This chapter examines alumni relations from five differing perspectives,…
Academic Development as a Component of Surgical Training Lesly A. Dossett THE IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT Academic development can be defined as the time a trainee spends to purposively develop…
Pre- and Postoperative Teaching Clifford S. Cho Hari Nathan THE PROFESSIONAL IMPERATIVE OF CLINICAL TEACHING Given the many competing demands placed on academic surgeons—research productivity, revenue generation, institutional service, and…
Teaching in the Operating Room Brian George THE COMPLEXITY OF TEACHING IN THE OR Teaching in the operating room is one of the most difficult activities undertaken by human beings….
Contemporary Delivery of Surgical Education Gurjit Sandhu Gifty Kwakye Rebecca Minter HOW DO FACULTY ENTRUST A TRAINEE? It is 7:40 am on a Friday and the OR is already running…
Teaching by Residents During Contemporary Surgical Training Patrick Georgoff Paul G. Gauger The past 2 decades have seen significant shifts and disruption in surgical residency education. From the proper perspective,…
Sustaining a Creative Residency Culture Joceline V. Vu Calista M. Harbaugh Kyle H. Sheetz Arielle E. Kanters Sarah P. Shubeck WHAT IS A CREATIVE RESIDENCY CULTURE? A creative residency culture…
The Fourth Year Rian M. Hasson Andrea B. Wolffing Sandra L. Wong The vital importance of diversity in the surgical workforce has been covered in other chapters of this book,…
Diversity Outreach Marion C. W. Henry Erika Adams Newman The practice of medicine provides an opportunity for positive interventions that advance the overall well-being of our communities. This requires commitment…
The Clerkship Experience Rishindra M. Reddy The preparation of medical students to become physicians is changing dramatically as medical schools recognize that they cannot cover all of the current practice…