CME Program
Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of the Web-based Resource, Technical Skills Education in Surgery, is to provide surgical trainees and educators an up-to-date, comprehensive, easily accessible resource that can be used to improve surgery technical skills education and research. Users will be able to easily access the annotated bibliography of high quality articles in the surgery technical skills literature that includes a critical review of the article; a classification based on the research design, type of simulator, and the Kirkpatrick hierarchy; and an abstract of the article. After completing reading assignments, learners will be able to describe important principles related to learning curves, assessment, simulation, and application of educational theory in technical skills education.
Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Credit
The American College of Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The American Medical Association has determined that physicians who are not licensed in the U.S. and participate in this CME activity are also eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Disclosure Information
In order to comply with the Updated Standards for Commercial Support defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the ACS has implemented a disclosure process to ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. A commercial interest is defined as any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of non-profit or government organizations and non-health care related companies. Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received or expected. The ACCME considers “relevant” financial relationships as financial transactions (in any amount) that may create a conflict of interest and occur within the 12 months preceding the time that the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling content of the educational activity.
The ACCME standards also require that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias. The planning committee and faculty for this educational activity have been contacted and any conflicts have been managed. However, participants perceiving a bias are requested to please report the circumstances on the evaluation form.
Faculty have also been advised that it is their responsibility to disclose if they will be describing the use of a device, product, or drug that is not FDA approved or the off-label use of an approved device, product, or drug or unapproved usage.
The requirement for disclosure is not intended to imply any impropriety of such relationships, but simply to identify such relationships through full disclosure, and to allow the audience to form its own judgments regarding the presentation.
Disclosure Information
Stanley J. Hamstra, PhD - Nothing to disclose
Richard K. Reznick, MD, MEd, FACS, FRCSC - Nothing to disclose
Carol-anne Moulton, MBBS, FRACS - Nothing to disclose
Jason Park, MD, MEd - Nothing to disclose
Georges Savoldelli, MD, MEd - Nothing to disclose
Sarah Woodrow, MD, MEd - Nothing to disclose
Principal Faculty and their Credentials
Stanley J. Hamstra, PhD
Department of Medical Education
University of Michigan Medical School
Richard K. Reznick, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS
R.S. McLaughlin Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
University of Toronto, Wilson Centre for Research in Education
Surgical Education Fellows
Carol-anne Moulton, MBBS, FRACS
General Surgery
Sarah Woodrow, MD, MEd
Neurosurgery
Jason Park, MD, MEd
General Surgery
Georges Savoldelli, MD, MEd
Anesthesiology
System Requirements
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Requirements to Earn CME Credit
To earn CME credit, learners are to read the published abstract of the cited article(s), read the critical reviews and classifications, and correctly answer posttest questions online (with unlimited attempts). This process is to be repeated for each question in each module, following which a brief evaluation form is to be completed and submitted online. Upon electronic submission, a CME certificate will be available to print. The estimated time required to read the abstracts, critical reviews and answer the five questions in each module is one hour.
Dates of Original Release, Most Recent Review or Update
The modules listed below were released in June 2006 and are certified for credit up to three years, through June 2009.
Module 1: Education Theory
Module 2: Simulation
Module 3: Learning Curves
Module 4: Assessment
Provider Contact Information
For technical support, contact:
American College of Surgeons
E-mail: tsisupport@facs.org
For education related questions, contact:
Ms. Kathleen Goldsmith
Division of Education
American College of Surgeons
633 North Saint Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Telephone: 312-202-5212
Fax: 312-202-5011
E-mail: kgoldsmith@facs.org
Policy of Privacy and Confidentiality
The Privacy Policy of American College of Surgeons can be accessed at
http://www.facs.org/privacy.html.
CME Modules
Four different modules are available for completion. Each module carries one CME credit at no charge for College members. Preview the CME modules here.
Revised June 29, 2011