My slides from the Hot Topic lunch "ROI Beyond the RO1"

1. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
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Amalia Cochran
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2. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Exploring the ROI Beyond RO1s:
The Science of Surgical Education
Amalia Cochran, MD
University of Utah
Vice Chair of Education and
Professionalism
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3. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Objectives
• At the conclusion of this talk, learners will be
able to:
– Define the surgical education “triple threat”
– Describe current areas of inquiry in surgical
education
– Recognize the role of advanced degrees in surgical
education career development
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4. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
The educational triple threat
Teacher
Administrator Researcher/
Disseminator
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5. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Administrator
• Traditional:
– Clerkship director
– Residency Program director
• Modern:
– Simulation Director
– Education Institute Director
– Role in curriculum development
• Local or national
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6. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Researcher/ Disseminator
• Traditional:
– Curriculum design
– Assessment- particularly of simulation
curricula
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7. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Researcher/ Disseminator
• Modern:
– Communication
– Professionalism
– Skills acquisition
– Clerkship optimization
– Multicenter research
– Qualitative research
– AAMC MedEdPortal
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8. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Researcher/ Disseminator

9. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Researcher/ Disseminator
• Role of social media
– Blogs
– Twitter
– Facebook
– ??? Next disruption
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10. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
DOES AN EDUCATOR NEED
AN ADVANCED DEGREE?
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11. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Maybe
• Strong interest in (but no
prior experience with)
pedagogy/ andragogy
• Structure of a degree-
granting program to
develop appropriate
foundation
• Expertise in a specific
area of education or
educational theory
Or maybe not
• Prior background in
education/ teaching,
either in medicine or
elsewhere
• Experience in educational
administration
• Access to mentoring and
training in education
research
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12. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Conclusions
• Surgical educators help to fulfill a key
mission of academic departments
• Modern surgical educator should plan to
be a triple threat
• Advanced degrees are not one-size-fits-all
– Only pursue or require them for the “right”
reasons
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