The Surgical Education Council (SEC) is composed of surgeons from the five integrated institutions and one affiliated institution, two Resident Representatives, the Surgical Education Administrator and the Residency Coordinator.
This council is responsible for management of all aspects of the teaching program. The Program Director, Dr. Jeffrey G. Chipman, has overall responsibility for the teaching program and the SEC reports directly to him.
There are four levels in the hierarchy of responsibility:
Program Director
Surgical Education Council
Integrated Site Directors of Education
Surgical Services Directors of Education
The specific responsibilities of the SEC are:
Development, modification, and implementation of the core teaching program ensure compliance with ACGME/RRC requirements.
Meet to review:
Faculty evaluations of residents’ Resident operative/patient experience
Ongoing issues of importance to the teaching program
Review American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination Scores Review and recommend options for residents with poor academic and/or clinical performance Encourage and promote excellence among trainees and teachers
Apart from their responsibilities as members of the SEC, the Integrated Site Directors of Education also are responsible for implementation of and compliance with policies and directives that constitute the departmental teaching program at their integrated institutions, as outlined by the Program Director and the SEC. The specific responsibilities of the Integrated Site Directors are:
Implementation of core teaching program at their integrated site
Work with Service Directors of Education to:
Oversee, troubleshoot, rectify problems, and modify the core teaching program on an iterative basis Review evaluations of residents completing rotations at their institutions ongoing assessment and refining of integrated site teaching goals
Implement other SEC directives
The next level of responsibility, the Service Director of Education, is a designated surgeon on each surgical service at each integrated site who is selected and appointed based upon their commitment to surgical education. The specific responsibilities of the Service Directors of Education are:
Implementation of the portion of core didactic program assigned to their surgical service
Conduct exit interviews with individual residents at the end of their rotation as follows:
Review evaluations of the residents by service faculty
Confirm completion of operative reports and discharge summaries
Review resident operative experience (updated operative log) for service
Discuss other pertinent issues related to service, program, career plans
Organization and oversight of patient teaching round
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