In 2004, Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Director, Division of Education, at the American College of Surgeons, contacted a group of us at the University of Toronto to request our assistance in developing an annotated bibliography of the literature important to educators who are using surgical skills laboratories as a complement to technical training. We were delighted to be asked for our participation in this project. Drs. Hamstra and Reznick are particularly grateful to our fellows in surgical education, Drs. Jason Park, Sarah Woodrow, Georges Savoldelli, and Carol-anne Moulton. These four surgeons have worked extraordinarily hard in conceptualizing the format for this bibliography, in reviewing hundreds of articles, and in authoring the synopses. Without their dedication this project would not have come to fruition. We, at the University of Toronto feel privileged to have been asked to participate in this project, and hope that the bibliography will be of ongoing value to the surgical education community.

Contact information

Stanley J. Hamstra, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School
Department of Medical Education
G1208 Towsley Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0201
USA

Richard K. Reznick, MD, MEd, FACS, FRCSC
R.S. McLaughlin Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
100 College Street, Suite 309
Toronto, ON M5G 1L5
Canada

 

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Director, Division of Education
American College of Surgeons
633 North St. Clair St.
Chicago, Illinois 60611
USA