Welcome to the American College of Surgeons Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes

The vision of the ACS Accredited Education Institutes is to create a network of ACS-approved regional Education Institutes that offer practicing surgeons, surgical residents, medical students, and members of the surgical team a spectrum of educational opportunities including those that address acquisition and maintenance of skills; and focus on new procedures and emerging technologies.

The goal of the ACS Accredited Education Institutes is to focus on competencies and to specifically address the teaching, learning, and assessment of technical skills using state-of-the-art educational methods and cutting-edge technology.  All phases of learning (prior to a course, during a course, and after a course) are addressed by the faculty at the Education Institutes.  Leading-edge educational approaches will be used to ensure achievement of competence and development of expertise.  The Education Institutes may use a variety of methods to achieve specific educational outcomes, including the use of bench models, simulations, simulators, and virtual reality.  The faculty at these institutes will ensure that the participants achieve predetermined levels of skill at the completion of the course.  Opportunities for post-course proctoring will be explored, to facilitate transfer of the newly acquired skill to surgical practice.  Also, collaborative education research would be pursued by the Education Institutes under the aegis of the College, to advance the science of acquisition and maintenance of surgical competence.

Revised January 15, 2010

Division of Education