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….