There are numerous weekly, monthly and quarterly learning activities offered for residents. These include:
Grand Rounds
- Presentations by full-time and community faculty, as well as faculty from other institutions. Such lectures often include content that provides a multidisciplinary approach to surgical patient care
- Held one to two times per month for one hour
Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
- Case presentations that provide a multidisciplinary approach to patient treatment and management of surgical oncology patients
- Held once per month for one hour
Mortality and Morbidity conferences
- Case presentations that discuss complications and causes of death in patients admitted to the surgical teaching services
- Held weekly for one hour
SCORE Curriculum Conference
- Case presentations encompassing all aspects of surgical knowledge necessary for independent practice. Faculty preside over the assigned residents who provide case presentations. Such presentations include basic science background and clinical care and are based heavily on the SCORE curriculum
- Held two to three times per month for one hour
Surgical Skills Labs
- Junior residents receive didactic and experiential training in colonoscopy and basic laparoscopic procedures
- Residents, upon receiving initial instruction, are encouraged to practice on their off hours and/or during any periods of "downtime"
- Residents receive timed trials that are recorded to evaluate resident progress
- Senior residents will receive instruction, training and practice on the MIST-VR simulator, the Colonoscopy trainer and the formal Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery certification and Fundamentals of Endoscopy curriculum
Visiting Professors
- Visiting professors are scheduled approximately 3-4 times per year. The visiting professor typically presents at Friday Grand Rounds
Journal Club
- Chief residents are assigned two journal clubs per year. In conjunction with the assigned faculty member, four journal articles are selected for discussion of current patient management trends and new operative procedures. This forum provides residents with the ability to critically review journal articles as they relate to research design, methodology, statistics and implications for patient treatment
- Held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month
Residents will also be required to attend the following in their first two years:
Mortality and Morbidity conferences
- Case presentations that discuss complications and causes of death in patients admitted to the surgical teaching services. Held weekly for one hour.
SCORE Curriculum Conference
- Case presentations encompassing all aspects of surgical knowledge necessary for independent practice. Faculty preside over the assigned residents who provide case presentations. Such presentations include basic science background and clinical care and are based heavily on the SCORE curriculum.
- Held two to three times per month for one hour.
In addition, attendance at all of the following Division of Vascular Surgery sponsored conferences is mandatory while on Vascular Rotations:
Vascular Case Conference
The overall goal of the vascular case conference is to provide a forum for the vascular fellows to present interesting patients with vascular problems that are either rare in their presentation or represent a diagnostic dilemma or a complexity in their management. By doing so, the vascular fellows will expand their medical knowledge and patient care of various vascular problems. Occurs once per week for one hour.
Basic Science Review
The overall goal of the basic science review is to provide a monthly opportunity to review one topic of basic sciences pertinent to the training of a vascular fellow. The topics are selected out of the 24 topics part of the APDVS basic science curriculum in order to provide an entire review of all 24 topics in a two-year period. Occurs third Monday of each month for one hour.
Journal Club
The overall goal of the journal club is to provide a forum for the discussion of recent literature on a series of 24 clinical vascular problems based on the APDVS clinical science curriculum. In this fashion, over a two-year period, all the fellows will benefit from an entire review of these 24 topics. Occurs once a month on a Monday or Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
PVL Conference
The overall goal of the Peripheral Vascular Laboratory (PVL) conference is to provide the fellows an opportunity to deepen their understanding and knowledge of PVL in all aspects of the vascular surgical practice. This monthly conference is led by the first year fellow and is attended by all residents, fellows, and attendings, as well as all the PVL technologists. Occurs first Tuesday of months September through May at 7 a.m.
Vascular Mortality, Morbidity Conference
The overall goal of the vascular mortality and morbidity conference is to provide a biweekly forum to present all vascular complications including all mortalities including minor and major complications which occurred after either open or endovascular procedure done on the vascular rotation. Occurs two times monthly for one hour.
