Overview
The Office of Surgical Education is an inter-divisional consultative body which functions to develop, improve and share education concepts and endeavours within the Department of Surgery at all levels of University education: undergraduate, post-graduate, fellowships and continuing medical education.
Membership
- Director
- Education Coordinator
- Office administrator
- Support staff
- Divisional education leads
Roles and Expectations of the OSE are to:
- provide leadership in the development of faculty skills pertaining to education.
- provide support and guidance for faculty who develop and run surgical education programs at all levels
- encourage and support educational research.
- evaluate education activities in the Department of Surgery.
- organize and chair meetings of the Surgical Education Group
- represent the Surgical Education Group at Surgical Executive meetings
- provide leadership and consultation to members of the Department of Surgery in regard to Educational matters including:
- Development of Faculty skills pertaining to education
- Support and guidance of faculty who develop and organize surgical education programs at all levels
- Representation at Departmental Committees:
- Undergraduate Surgical Education: SUGEC
- Post graduate Surgical education: PGSTC
- Surgical Fellowship Committee
- Continuing Medical Education: CME
Surgical Undergraduate Education Committee (SUGEC)
The focus of the SUGEC Committee is on undergraduate surgical education.
Functions include:
- To improve undergraduate teaching.
- To continue the development and review of objectives for the Clerkship Program
- To develop a Department of Surgery method of evaluation of the Clerkship objectives.
- To raise the visibility and perceived Department priority on Undergraduate teaching.
- To advise and mentor Division Representatives regarding guidelines for accreditation.
Membership:
- OSE Director
- Education Coordinator
- Clerkship Director
- Evaluation Coordinator
- Division Representatives
Postgraduate Surgical Training Committee (PGSTC)
The focus of the PGSTC Committee is on Surgical Residency Education.
Functions include:
- To represent educational needs and concerns, within and outside of the Dept. of Surgery, through statements issued and endorsed by this committee.
- Internal departmental review of residency programs to optimize residency education including academic content and evaluation.
- Review of Royal College accreditation results to advise and mentor program directors of residency program committees regarding guidelines for accreditation.
- To facilitate incorporation of new medical education philosophies into University of Calgary postgraduate surgical training programs, mentor programs and to sponsor and support faculty development.
- To provide a discussion forum for common issues affecting the education of surgical residents and to create and administer shared educational resources and activities.
- Acquiring and coordinating resources applied to common educational goals between programs (seminars and courses for residents, faculty development, etc.).
- Facilitating and acquiring support for research activities pertaining to post-graduate surgical education.
Membership:
- Chair Person
- Program Directors from all Surgical Residency Programs
- Administrative assistants for all Residency programs
- Chair OSE ex officio
Fellowship Committee
Membership:
- Chair, OSE
- Administrative assistant
- Fellowship Directors
- Program Directors from all Surgical Residency Programs
CME/CPD
Membership:
- Chair OSE - Assistant Dean
- Dept. of Surgery representative to Faculty CME Committee
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