Goals
& Objectives
General Surgery
Subspecialties
VAMC
Monthly Call Schedule
Annual Schedule
General Surgery Residency Program
Conference Schedule
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Monday
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7:00 am 7:30 am 8:30 am
9:30 am 10:30-12
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Plastic Surgery Case Conference General Surgery Morbidity & Mortality Department of Surgery Grand Rounds Basic Science/Mock Orals Prep General Surgery Resident Skills Curriculum |
| Tuesday | evening | Journal Club - once monthly |
| Wednesday | 7:00 am 8:00 am 4:30 pm |
Plastic Surgery Core Review
Conference Vascular Surgery Conference Plastic Surgery Morbidity & Mortality Conference |
| Thursday | 4:00 pm 5:00 pm |
Oncology Surgery Cancer
Conference/Tumor Board |
Conference Details
General Surgery Morbidity & Mortality Conference
This conference is most often in an interactive format. Chief Residents from each service present all mortalities and significant morbidities from the preceding week. The conference moderator, either the Chairman of Surgery or General Surgery Residency Program Director, will direct appropriate questions and facilitate resident and medical student education specific to individual cases.
Department of Surgery
Special Case Conference
This conference alternates with Grand Rounds and is
most often in didactic format. Different Sections
within the Department of Surgery present a topic of
their choice each week. Individual faculty members
and/or residents in each Section choose the weekly
topic. Usually a senior level resident presents the
lecture. The lecture concludes with a question and
answer session.
General Surgery Grand
Rounds
This conference alternates with the Special Case Conference and is most often in didactic format.
Topics and speakers for Grand Rounds are selected by
individual Sections and presenters. Guest lecturers
include physicians specializing in Gastrointestinal
and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Oncology,
Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Plastic
Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and Urology. The lecture
concludes with a question and answer session.
General Surgery Basic
Sciences Conference
This conference is both didactic and interactive.
For PGY1-3, basic sciences topics are assigned, complete with
level-appropriate reading requirements, and faculty
members from the Department present the topic in a
didactic format.
General Surgery Mock Orals Prep
This conference is held at the same time as Basic Science. PGY4 and 5 residents review questions from various review sources.
General Surgery Skills Lab Curriculum
A Skills Lab has been developed and various topics are presented and taught by faculty. The curriculum varies each weekin topic.
Vascular
Surgery/Interventional Radiology Conference
This conference is most often in an interactive
format. Faculty from the Section of Vascular Surgery
and the Department of Radiology combine to present
challenging clinical and technical patient
management issues. Individual patient therapeutic
rationale and treatment options are thoroughly
discussed and initiated.
Department of Surgery
Cancer Conference/Tumor Board
This conference is most often in an interactive
format. Faculty from the Section of General Surgery,
in particular the Oncology Surgery faculty, combine
to present challenging clinical and technical
patient management issues. Individual patient
therapeutic rationale and treatment options are
thoroughly discussed and initiated.
Journal Club
Journal Club is held monthly in the evening, usually at a restaurant.
The topic for
Journal Club will rotate among the various Sections
of the Department. Two residents will be assigned to
one or more article(s), one junior and one mid-level
or senior resident. Resident junior resident will
will introduce and provide a summary of the
manuscript. The mid-level or senior resident will
then present his or her critique of the article.
Each presentation should take approximately 5-10
minutes. One faculty member practicing within the
field of the article will be assigned to each
article. His or her critique of the article will be
presented following the residents’ reviews. This
will open the discussion to the floor.