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Comprehensive educational curriculum.

Our general surgery residency program fosters a holistic practice approach that ensures preparation for interpersonal engagement as well as operating room dynamics. Your residency will provide a broad clinical knowledge across a surgical spectrum while also learning about the business of health care.

Our SCORE and competency based two-year cycle curriculum integrates pillars of a sound surgical education into our program. These pillars include:

  • Entrustable professional activities
  • Faculty case based lectures
  • Professional development sessions
  • Business of medicines lecture series
  • Laparoscopic simulation
  • Endoscopic simulation
  • Robotic simulation
  • Patient safety / Quality Improvement
  • Resident lectures
  • Oral and written exam preparation

Didactics Schedule

  • Weekly Patient Safety Quality Improvement (PSQI) conferences
  • Weekly case-based teaching sessions
  • Weekly service-specific tumor boards and conferences
  • Bimonthly simulation curriculum and training
  • Biannual mock oral exam preparation sessions
  • Bimonthly Journal Club
  • Quarterly Business of Medicine lecture series
  • Monthly Grand Rounds
  • Quarterly wellness sessions