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SAGES Lunches

SAGES will offer two optional educational lunches, one on Friday and one on Saturday from 12:30 - 2:00 PM. Please register for these lunches using the registration form. Cost: $40 per person.
Tickets will be required at the door for each lunch.

Educator’s Lunch, Friday, April 15, 2005

How Are You Training Your Residents? Suggestions for Program Development

12:30 - 2:00 pm
Coordinators: Jeffrey Marks, MD & Michael Holzman, MD

Description:
Many changes in the training and education of young surgeons have developed over the past several years. New technologies and techniques are frequently being introduced with little to no formal training. Recent regulations by the ACGME have put pressures on the residency programs. This course is designed to expose surgical residency directors and surgical educators to both cognitive and technical programs that can be implemented in the current environment. Learn what others have done and how a laparoendoscopic curriculum can be introduced or improved at your institution.

Objectives:
At the completion of the program participants will be able to:

Program:
12:30 - 12:45 PM Introduction Jeffrey Marks, MD and Michael Holzman, MD
12:45 -1:05 PM Development of technical skills - simulators and inanimate lab C. Daniel Smith, MD
1:05 - 1:25 PM Cognitive development – Curriculum - web based Carla Pugh, MD, PhD
1:25 - 1:45 PM Establishing a training program - resources and support Jon Gould, MD
1:45 - 2:00 PM Discussion

Technology Lunch, Saturday, April 16, 2005

Emerging Technologies Session

12:30 - 2:00 PM
Coordinator: Daniel Herron, MD

New this year, SAGES is offering an Emerging Technologies abstract category. This category of abstract is open to both physicians and industry engineers/scientists/researchers. Selected presenters will report on cutting edge or emerging technologies for which formal experimental data may not yet be available, and technologies which may still be under development. Topics are not limited to formal studies or experiments, but may include descriptive abstracts or very preliminary results. Check the SAGES website in March, 2005 for the exact program and list of presentations. SAGES is not offering CME credits for this event.