Task Force on Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Goals:

To comprehensively address the competency of Practice-Based Learning and Improvement across the continuum of professional development, with special emphasis on practicing surgeons and surgery residents; to use contemporary educational principles and state-of-the-art technology to achieve optimum outcomes; and to share recommendations and information with the Committee on Education to facilitate the achievement of the overall educational agenda of the American College of Surgeons.

Chair:

Richard J. Finley, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Members:

Richard L. Gamelli, MD, FACS, Maywood, IL
David N. Herndon, MD, FACS, Galveston, TX
Jonas T. Johnson, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA
Roger G. Keith, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FRCS, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Nicholas P. Lang, MD, FACS, Little Rock, AR
Peter F. Lawrence, MD, FACS, Irvine, CA
Frank R. Lewis, Jr., MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA
Frank W. LoGerfo, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Charles D. Mabry, MD, FACS, Pine Bluff, AR
Robin S. McLeod, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Toronto, ON, Canada
William C. Nugent, MD, FACS, Lebanon, NH
Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS, Syracuse, NY
John Parboosingh, MB, FRCSC, Canmore, AB, Canada
M. Michael Shabot, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA
Harriet O. Smith, MD, FACS, Albuquerque, NM
James N. Thompson, MD, FACS, Dallas, TX
Patricia L. Turner, MD, New York, NY
R. Scott Jones, MD, FACS, ex officio, Chicago, IL
Karen Richards, ex officio, Chicago, IL
Howard Tanzman, ex officio, Chicago, IL

Staff:

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Patrice Gabler Blair, MPH
Emily Bakken

The Task Force on Practice-Based Learning and Improvement welcomes your comments. Please write to the Task Force's staff liaison, Emily Bakken, at ebakken@facs.org.

Revised September 27, 2007

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