Goals of the Committee on Resident Education:

• To comprehensively address the educational needs of surgical residents and fellows from across the surgical disciplines
• To support educational efforts to facilitate the transition from medical school to residency training and from residency training into practice
• To play a pivotal role in designing and implementing new and innovative educational programs to address the general competencies in residency and fellowship programs
• To make available a spectrum of innovative educational programs and materials to surgery residents and fellows
• To address the milieu of residency and fellowship education to ensure the best educational experiences for residents and fellows and optimum educational outcomes
• To offer fellowships and courses in surgical education to residents and fellows
• To help residency and fellowship programs fulfill the current and future accreditation requirements
• To implement educational programs to address the educational and administrative needs of residency and fellowship program directors, in collaboration with the respective program director organizations
• To coordinate educational activities with various national program director organizations to achieve common goals and optimum outcomes
• To monitor the outcomes of specific educational programs

The Committee on Resident Education is composed of members representing the surgical specialties. The Committee addresses issues of resident education in surgery, including the educational environment, characteristics of the resident population, graduate surgical education curricular issues and competency, and faculty development as educators.

The committee is currently engaged in the following activity:
Residents as Teachers and Leaders Course

The Committee on Resident Education welcomes your comments. Please write to the Committee's staff liaison: Cherylnn Sherman at csherman@facs.org.

  Other Web Sites of Interest:

• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: List of Accredited Programs
• Association for Surgical Education
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Association of Program Directors in Surgery Residency Clearinghouse
• Association of Women Surgeons
• Educational Clearinghouse

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Revised April 3, 2007

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