Welcome to the American College of Surgeons Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes (ACS AEI)
Vision
To create a network of Education Institutes that offer practicing surgeons, surgical residents, medical students, and members of the surgical team the educational opportunities to address acquisition and maintenance of skills and to focus on new procedures and emerging technologies.
Goals
- Create a network of accredited Education Institutes across the country to assist surgeons, residents, medical students, and other members of the surgical team in achieving the requisite knowledge and skills in order to provide optimal care to surgery patients.
- Provide surgeons, residents, medical students and other members of the surgical team requisite documentation for the verification of knowledge and skills.
- Offer opportunities for preceptorships to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and skills to the practice environment.
- Create regional learning communities to assist individual surgeons, residents, medical students, and other members of the surgical team in achieving their personal and continuous professional development goals.
- Conduct “train-the-trainer” courses and workshops.
- Pursue innovative research to advance surgical education.
Revised July 5, 2011