The Department of Surgery and the Surgical Residency at the University of Kansas Hospital have taken a proactive approach to the education of our residents beyond just clinical training.
Resident/Faculty Core Lecture Series:
This is a weekly conference dedicated to didactic teaching. These conferences meet every Thursday from 4pm to 6pm. This lecture time is “protected” which means that every resident is relieved of their clinical duties for the duration of the teaching time. Resident’s pagers are collected and they are not allowed to answer pages. The lecture series has been completely changed as of July 2010. Now topics are assigned on a weekly basis from 4 sources (1. O’Leary’s textbook of physiology, 2. SESAP Audio, 3. Selected Readings in General Surgery, 4. The Surgical Counsil on Surgery Education (SCORE) Curriculum). All of these lectures are run by staff with some short secondary lectures given by residents (no more than one per year). Weekly quizzes with interactive discussion are done the first hour.
Morbidity and Mortality Conference:
This weekly conference meets every Monday 5pm to 6pm. M&M is attended by both resident staff and surgical attendings. During M&M, cases are discussed by the primary resident along with indications, complications, and alternative treatments. The Core Competencies with respect to each case are discussed. There are also resident presentations given covering educational topics that arise during the conference or are assigned by Dr. Thomas.
General Surgery Grand Rounds:
A weekly conference that meets Tuesday mornings from 7am to 8am. The
first Tuesday of each month is General Surgery Journal Club where the Chief
Residents present articles that pertain to the practice of General Surgery. The
other Tuesdays are a mix of guest lecturers, visiting professors and surgical
faculty lectures.
Vascular Surgery Conference:
A weekly conference that meets from 7am to 8am on Thursdays. The
first Thursday of each month is the Vascular Journal Club which
includes breakfast. Other Thursday conferences are given
by basic science faculty, Vascular faculty or the Vascular
Fellow.
Transplant conference:
A weekly, multidisciplinary, conference that includes the transplant
team and other specialties that deal with organ transplantation,
selection of transplant candidates, etc. This conference
meets on Wednesday afternoon at 2 pm.
Tumor Conference:
A weekly, multidisciplinary, conference that meets on Friday
mornings from 7:30am to 8:30am. This conference is
attended by surgery, pathology, oncology, and radiation therapy
and is an educational and working conference for patient
care.
Trauma Lecture Series:
A series of lectures held every month (second Wednesday) from 7-8am.
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