Inside SEW 2023: Stanford Surgery Recap
June 2, 2023
Surgical Education Week is a combined meeting between the Association of Surgical Education (ASE) and the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS). This year’s meeting took place in San Diego, CA from April 11-13 and our team from the Stanford's Surgical Education Team was in full force. Here’s a recap:
POSTERS
“Grand Rounds: Maintaining Relevance in an Era of Increasing Specialization” By Rachel Jensen
“Path to Program Director: Qualifications of Surgical Education Leaders” By Rachel Jensen
“Impact of a Faculty-Led Coaching Program on Surgical Trainees’ Non-Technical Skills” By Rachel Jensen
PODIUMS
We Need to Do Better: A Call for Results-Driven Wellness Programs in Surgery Residency” By Ananya Anand
“Usability of ENTRUST as an Assessment Tool for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): A Mixed Methods Analysis (with leadership from Dr. Lin, Dr. Liebert, and Dr. Korndorffer)” By Medical Student Melissa Lee
The Use of Simulation in Transition to Residency Programs to Promote Key Non-Clinical Attributes: A Feasibility Study” By Ananya Anand
“The Surgical Education Research Fellowship: A Pilot Qualitative Program Review of Graduates” By Rachel Jenson
PANELS/WORKSHOPS
“Utilizing Surgical Coaching for the Development of Trainees’ Non-Technical Skills for program participants” By Jim Korndorffer, Aaussama Nassar, Ananya Anand, and Rachel Jensen
“Capitalizing on Community and Collaboration for Innovation in Surgical Education” By Rachel Jensen and Ananya Anand with the Collaboration of Surgical Education Fellows (CoSEF)
AWARDS
The team, under the leadership of Cara Liebert, received an ASE Gold Grant to fund a pilot study assessing the quality of narrative feedback in end-of-rotation evaluations.
Current Surgical Education Fellows Rachel Jensen and Ananya Anand as well as Previous Surgical Education Fellow LaDonna Kearse received ASE Recognition of Excellence Awards for their contributions to surgical education.
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