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Curriculum

Didactic Conferences

This Week in SCORE (TWIS) - two year cycle of topics providing a systematic way to review the breadth of surgical content.

Trauma Rounds - Monthly presentation and discussion of trauma cases.

Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) - Weekly presentation and discussion of surgical complications.

Grand Rounds - Weekly presentation of various topics by residents, faculty, and visiting professors. View recorded presentations: https://capture.med.und.edu/Mediasite/Channel/undsmhs-surgery-grand-rounds

Tumor Board - Multidisciplinary discussion of various cancer cases.

ABSITE Review - Practice sessions utilizing question banks concentrated in the months prior to the exam.

Journal Club - Monthly discussion of various peer-reviewed publications selected by residents and faculty.

Simulation

Robotics - Virtual and dry lab simulations.

Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) - Our program is a designated testing center. hyperlink to FLS page. https://www.flsprogram.org/.

Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) - Our program is a designated testing center. Link to FES page: https://www.fesprogram.org/.

Certifying Examination Preparation

Oral board practice sessions - low stress small group sessions with faculty to review strategies for the oral board. 

Real time mock oral board simulation - high fidelity simulation to re-create the certifying examination as closely as possible beginning in the third year of training.

Annual Mass Casualty Incident Drill

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Sponsored chest stabilization lab

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Multidisciplinary high intensity / low-frequency scenarios simulation

School Of Medicine & Health Sciences
Rm E280
1301 N Columbia Rd Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
P 701.777.3067

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School of Medicine & Health Sciences

1301 N Columbia Rd Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037

701.777.2514

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