Committee on Medical Student Education

Goals of the Committee on Medical Student Education:

To address comprehensively the educational needs in surgery for medical students during all four years of medical school
To support educational efforts that facilitate the transition from medical school to residency training
To play a pivotal role in developing and implementing new and innovative educational programs to address general competencies in the third-year surgery clerkships and fourth-year rotations
To make available a spectrum of innovative educational programs and materials to the medical students
To establish a national mentoring program for medical students to complement mentoring available within the respective schools
To promote and support surgery interest groups at various medical schools
To provide helpful information and guidance to medical students interested in surgical careers
To facilitate the involvement of medical students in the educational activities of the American College of Surgeons
To support the involvement of surgery faculty members in the medical school curricula of all four years
To support efforts to recruit the best candidates to medical school
To work closely with other organizations to achieve the optimum educational outcomes
To monitor the outcomes of educational programs

Committee on Medical Student Education Roster

:The Committee on Medical Student Education welcomes your comments. Please write to the Committee's staff liaison, Krashina S. Hudson, at khudson@facs.org.

Revised October 11, 2011