Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
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What is the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum?
A program of the Division of Education, the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum is an interactive, case-based, online course designed for PGY-1 residents. Learn more.
Why should a residency program use the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum?
Working in this virtual environment
- builds confidence in PGY-1 residents
- allows residents to experience cases in a virtual environment before encountering them in their practice
- creates communities of learners who have “experienced” the same cases
- provides material to supplement a program’s other education curriculum
- exposes residents to cases they may not encounter in their training
- can be done anywhere, at any time, on any computer that has Internet access
- provides a way for program directors to track the progress of their residents
What will the residents be required to do in the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum?
To view a typical scenario form the On-Call module series on Postoperative fever, click here.
Residents will manage problems normally encountered in the daily work of a first year surgical resident in a realistic virtual environment. Learn more.
Description of the course
Surgical education in core competencies
History of the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
Educational goal
Specific outcomes and objectives
Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum Steering Committee
Staff
Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum brochure
For more information, please contact us at 1-877-648-8505 or e-mail fundamentalsofsurgery@facs.org.
Revised May 1, 2008
Committees and Task Forces
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