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Surgical Education Week
ASE Annual Meeting Program Highlights
Dimitri J. Anastakis, ASE Program Chair (right)
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From April 15-19, the University of Toronto hosted Surgical Education Week - a week
long meeting of both the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS) and
the Association for Surgical Education (ASE). Surgical educators from the United
States, Canada and the UK participated in the program. As this year's Program Chair,
I am happy to announce that the meeting was a great success and share with you some
of the highlights of the meeting:
- A new and innovative program for Clerkship
Directors and Coordinators was held this year with a record number of attendees.
- Dr. William T. Branch of Emory University
was the APDS keynote speaker; his talk on humanistic and spiritual aspects of medical
care was a huge success and well received by the group.
- The APDS panel with leaders from the
Residency Review Committee, the American Board of Surgery and the American College
of Surgeons discussed important changes planned for US resident education.
- The ASE panel focused on empowering
the learner. Panelists included Dr. James McGreevy, Flight Surgeon US Air Force,
Dr. Sioban Nelson Dean of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg School of Nursing and Dr. Amy
Edmondson from the Harvard Business School. Each provided their perspectives on
the impact of learner empowerment in their respective disciplines.
- The University of Toronto's Dr. Lorelei
Lingard gave this year's "What's New in Surgical Education" lecture on the concept
of team competence. It was the highlight of the meeting.
- The J. Roland Folse Lectureship was
given by Dr. Linda DeCossart from Chester Hospital, UK. Dr. DeCossart is a vascular
surgeon with an international reputation for her expertise in teaching clinical
judgment. Dr. DeCossart is also the Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons
of England.
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- Toronto's Surgical Skills Centre at
Mount Sinai Hospital was open to all participants and was a popular destination
during the meeting - many thanks go to Manager Lisa Satterthwaite for her generosity
and endless enthusiasm.
- Toronto remains an international leader
in surgical education as highlighted by our strong faculty and student participation
throughout the meeting. I would like to thank our faculty, residents and students
for helping make this year's meeting such a great success.
Dimitri Anastakis
Banquet
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"I became increasingly fascinated with the patients' stories, which came tumbling
out as my mentor seemingly magically opened some lock around the patient's heart.
I remember a particular patient who had survived more than one episode of malignant
ventricular arryhthmias. The professor began exploring what the patient thought
had triggered these life-threatening events. She told the story of her life in Germany
and survival in a concentration camp as a musician for the German officers, her
attempts to smuggle food to her parents and siblings in the camp, and her despair
and guilt when they were exterminated. His back was turned, but I could see the
patient's face. Her eyes were riveted to my mentor's as she told her story quietly.
When she was done, he turned slowly to face the group. Tears were streaming down
his face. I will never forget that moment. The meaning of listening and allowing
the patient's experience to enter you -- sharing the experience in one's heart and
re-emerging with a connection to the experience forever embedded in my mind. As
time went on, I came to realize that when he turned to face us, I too had shared
not only the experience with the patient, but also his experience. I knew he was
teaching me what it meant to be a doctor."
William T. Branch, et al. Teaching the Human Dimensions of Care in Clinical Settings.
JAMA. Sept. 5, 2001;286(9):1067-1074.
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