| Courses
MANDATORY
- Basic Laparoscopic
Skills Course
- Advanced
Laparoscopic Skills Course
- Robotic Surgical
Skills Course
- IRB Training
- Residents as
Teachers
 Basic Laparoscopic Skills Course
Course Directors: Attending Faculty:
Ravindra Vegunta, MD and David Crawford, MD
Preliminary Neurosurgery Resident, PGY 1 and 2 Surgery Residents
Semi-annual, one-day course
In this dry
lab, residents work in pairs under the supervision of the course
directors to perform six laparoscopic skill sets designed to
increase dexterity and proficiency with laparoscopic instruments.
Skill boxes, skill set materials, laparoscopic instruments, scopes
and monitors are utilized. Each performance is timed and a record
is kept of performance. Each course also includes two didactic
lectures and handouts are distributed. For on-going practice, a
skill station is available to the residents for supervised or
unsupervised practice.
Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Course
Course Directors: Attending Faculty: Ravindra Vegunta, MD and David
Crawford, MD
PGY 3 and 4 Surgery Residents
Semi-annual, one-day course
Residents work in teams under the
supervision of the course directors to perform laparoscopic surgical
procedures in a porcine lab. Procedures include Nissen
fundoplication, bowel anastomosis, nephrectomy and adrenalectomy.
Each course begins with two didactic lectures.
Introduction to Robotic Surgical Skills
Course Directors: Attendiug Faculty:
Ravindra Vegunta, MD and David Crawford, MD
PGY 1 Surgery Residents
One-time, one-day course
This course utilizes the surgical robot
in the OR at the teaching hospital. Participants receive a didactic
lecture, a hands-on training session in setting-up the robot, and
individual practice using the robot.
IRB Training
Course Directors: UICOMP IRB Office
Preliminary Neurosurgery Resident, PGY 1, 2 & 3
Surgery Residents
One-time, 4 day course
All
Neurosurgery Preliminary, PGY 1, 2 & 3 Surgery residents are
scheduled to complete this course one time during their residency.
It occurs Tuesday through Friday of the 2nd week of every month.
Its goal is to gain a standard level of knowledge about the human
subjects research review process under the federal rules and
regulations in order to gain competency to perform ethically as a
principal investigator of a human subjects research protocol. The
training includes a HIPAA Certification module which renders a
certificate upon satisfactory completion.
Residents as Teachers Workshop
UICOMP DES Office (Division of Educational Services)
Preliminary Neurosurgery Resident and PGY 1 Surgery Residents
One-day workshop in September or October
Residency
programs rely not only on their faculty, but also on their residents
to teach medical students and each other. Even though residents are
expected to teach, they often receive little instruction on how to
teach. This program’s focus is to provide residents with the
educational skills needed to fulfill their teaching obligations
during residency.
Topics covered
include:
- Characteristics of
effective teaching
- Study skills
- Organizational and
leadership skills
- Clinical teaching
microskills
- Basics of
effective feedback
ELECTIVE
Residents as Teachers Voluntary Program
UICOMP DES Office (Division of Educational Services)
Any level Resident
One to two
two-hour sessions each month for eight months of the year from
November through June
A voluntary longitudinal program that addresses specific teaching
skills needed during the various years of residency. Residents
have two years to complete the eight required sessions and four
elective sessions.
Required
Sessions:
- Setting goals and
expectations
- Providing
effective feedback
- Small group
teaching
- Microskills-one-on-one
clinical teaching strategies
- Dealing with
problem students
- Teaching
procedures
- Evaluation
- OSTE with
standardized students
Elective
Sessions:
- Presenting a
formal presentation
- How to manage a
team
- Providing
effective feedback part II
- Using Aunt Minnie
and RIME teaching models
- How to deliver bad
news
- Other topics to be
announced
Practice Management
UICOMP GME Office
A two-day course offered to Senior Residents and their
spouses/significant others.
Conducted by a professional management
consultant, this course not only includes information for those
residents who are planning on going into private practice, but also
includes personal and professional financial and legal information
that is important to all Senior Residents.
- Understand current
health care issues
- Find the practice
opportunity that’s right for you
- Negotiate a
favorable employment agreement
- Take control of
your finances
- Understand
investing and retirement plans
- Work effectively
with professional advisors
- Develop a practice
business plan
- Build your
practice
- Understand
principles of accounting
- Collect your fees
from patients and their insurance plans
- Work with managed
care plans
- Hire quality
employees and build a strong team
- Operate an
efficient practice
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