Foreword
Featured Article: Is there a difference between education and training?
Peter J. Fabri, MD, PhD, FACS Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education University of South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, FL
• Previous Articles
ACS Presentations (Resident Work Hours Issues): Graduate Surgical Education in the Era of the 80-Hour Workweek
ACGME Program Requirements
RRC Procedures for Granting Duty Hour Exceptions
Is there a difference between education and training? by Peter J. Fabri, MD, PhD, FACS
Podcasts deliver on-demand material to today's surgical resident by William B. Jeffries, PhD, and Thomas Hansen, MD
Experience-based, integrative evidence-based medicine Teaching Module: Principles, Examples, and Tips by Christine A. Taylor, PhD and Richard Schlenk, MD
Feedback for learning clinical motor skills: Good or bad? by Heather Carnahan, PhD
How to synthesize narratives in program, rotation, or faculty evaluations to use for program improvement by Ilene B. Harris, PhD
How to hone your information management skills by Mark Berendsen, MLIS
How to create memorable lectures by Mariatte Denman
How to determine whether your residency evaluation system is on target by Debra A. DaRosa, PhD
How to develop a sound resident performance evaluation system by Debra A. DaRosa, PhD
The Ubiquitous p<.05: Practical versus Statistical Significance Revisited by Connie C. Schmitz, PhD
So, you Need to Hire a Coordinator? by Ruth H. Nawotniak MS, CTAGME
How to integrate geriatrics into a surgical residency training program by Walter E. Pofahl, MD, FACS
How to develop competency-based promotion criteria: Enhancing surgery resident assessment and evaluation Laura Torbeck, PhD, and David Canal, MD
Your Intergalactic Decoder Ring Has Arrived: "Reliability" and "Validity" Defined by Connie C. Schmitz, PHD
How an EVATS rotation can address the challenges of your resident education program by Karen Horvath, MD, FACS and Carlos Pellegrini, MD, FACS
The Resident, the Student, and the Competencies: A guide on how to use the competencies as criteria for evaluating faculty-resident-student interaction by Barry D. Mann, MD, Paula H. Termuhlen, MD, and Michael Ujiki, MD
How to develop and maintain a didactic schedule in a surgery residency, by A. Alfred Chahine, MD, FACS, Patrick G. Jackson, MD, Vinod Narra, MD, FACS, and Stephen R. T. Evans, MD, FACS
How to assess the need for and implement a case-based ethics curriculum, by Mary E. Klingensmith, MD, FACS
How to develop a practical and effective American Board of Surgery In-Service Training Examination remediation program, by David A. Rogers, MD, MHPE
The 80-hour workweek: How to orient residents to their rotations and increase efficiency and effectiveness, by Debra A. DaRosa, PhD, and Kevin Bethke, MD
How to design a pilot system for tracking adverse and near-miss events in surgical patients, by Karl Bilimoria, MD; Daniel Abbott, MD; and Jeffrey Wayne, MD
Pearls for Consultations Between Medicine and Surgery, by Diane B. Wayne, MD, and Jeffrey D. Wayne, MD, FACS
A Brief Guide for Program Directors on how to Assess Meaningful Changes in ABSITE Performance, by Donald A. Risucci, PhD
Graduate Follow-up Surveys Are a Good Idea, by Brian E. Mavis, PhD
The 10 Commandments of Performance Appraisal Provide a Foundation for the Surgical Training Process, by Reed G. Williams, PhD
Options for Monitoring Compliance with the 80-Hour Work Week Readily Exist in Today's Graduate Medical Education Environment, by Lynn Chao, MD, FACS, and Marc Wallack, MD, FACS
How Surgical Skills Training can Lead to Residency Program Improvement, by Linnea S. Hauge, PhD
Strategies Tied to Your Program's Vision can Enhance the Resident Selection System, by Kimberly D. Anderson, PhD
The SOAP Approach Aims to Conquer the ACGME Competencies Challenge, by Debra A. DaRosa, PhD
How to Integrate Team, Night Float, and Apprenticeship Models into a Surgery Residency Program, by Richard H. Bell, Jr, MD, FACS
Integration of Allied Health Personnel With Surgical Residents Produces Latticework of Patient Care Delivery in an Academic Medical Center, by Stephen F. Sener, MD, FACS
How to Implement Strategies for Change in a Graduate Medical Education Program, by James M. Hassett, MD, FACS, Ruth Nawotniak, MS, and Merril T. Dayton, MD, FACS
32 Ideas for Achieving Work-Hours Compliance, by David W. Easter, MD, FACS, and Carol Runge
Advancing Nurse Autonomy, by Jeffrey D. Wayne, MD, FACS, and Debra A. DaRosa, PhD
Models of Residency Rotations, by Richard H. Bell, Jr, MD, FACS
Revised March 7, 2008
