To address 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.
- Comprehensively address the educational needs of surgical residents and Fellows from across the surgical disciplines
- Support educational efforts to facilitate the transition from medical school to residency training and from residency training into practice
- Play a pivotal role in designing and implementing new and innovative educational programs to address the general competencies in residency and fellowship programs
- Make available a spectrum of innovative educational programs and materials to surgery residents and Fellows
- Address the milieu of residency and fellowship education to ensure the best educational experiences for residents and Fellows and optimum educational outcomes
- Offer fellowships and courses in surgical education to residents and Fellows
- Help residency and fellowship programs fulfill the current and future accreditation requirements
- Implement educational programs to address the educational and administrative needs of residency and fellowship program directors, in collaboration with the respective program director organizations
- Coordinate educational activities with various national program director organizations to achieve common goals and optimum outcomes
- Monitor the outcomes of specific educational programs
Committee on Resident Education Roster
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE
Patrice Gabler Blair, DrPH, MPH
Michelle Armstrong, MAED, MA, C-TAGME
Danielle Taylor
The Committee on Resident Education welcomes your comments. Please write to the Committee's staff liaison, Danielle Taylor, at dtaylor@facs.org.