Surgical Services

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:
   
  1. Development of Faculty skills pertaining to education
  2. Support and guidance of faculty who develop and organize surgical education programs at all levels
      
• Representation at Departmental Committees:
   
  1. Undergraduate Surgical Education: SUGEC
  2. Post graduate Surgical education: PGSTC
  3. Surgical Fellowship Committee
  4. 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 DirectorsProgram Directors from all Surgical Residency Programs

CME/CPD

Membership:

• Chair OSE - Assistant Dean
• Dept. of Surgery representative to Faculty CME Committee