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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.

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

Surgical Anatomy – high fidelity surgical simulation on cadavers.

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/.

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.

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