Committee on Medical Student Education

(Formerly the Subcommittee 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

Online Guide to Choosing a Surgical Residency

Revised February 8, 2007

Committees and Task Forces

Division of Education