COURSE

ACS/APDS Surgery Resident Skills Curriculum - Phase 3

Instructions

The ACS/APDS Surgery Resident Skills Curriculum was developed jointly by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS).

The ACS/APDS Surgery Resident Skills Curriculum—Phase 3: Team-Based Skills is designed to teach residents optimal team behavior through simulation. This modular curriculum covers 10 scenarios in which the surgeon must work with a team for a successful patient outcome, and includes topics ranging from patient handoffs to a variety of emergency surgical situations. The curriculum includes suggestions for developing and implementing successful simulated cases to teach and assess resident team skills.

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Learning Objective

Upon completion, the learner will be capable of working in teams to ensure successful patient outcomes across a vareity of topics.

Course Outline

• Module 1:  Teamwork in the Trauma Bay
• Module 2:  Postoperative Hypotension
• Module 3:  Laparoscopic Crisis
• Module 4:  The Preoperative Briefing
• Module 5:  Laparoscopic Troubleshooting
• Module 6:  Postoperative Pulmonary Embolus
• Module 7:  Postoperative MI (Cardiogenic Shock)
• Module 8:  Latex Allergy Anaphylaxis
• Module 9:  Patient Handoff
• Module 10:  Retained Sponge on Postop Chest X-Ray

Target Audience

Surgical residents

Contact

For assistance, comments, or questions, contact Krashina Hudson, Administrator, Resident and Medical Student Curricula, khudson@facs.org.

If you have any technical questions, contact learning@facs.org.