Each Wednesday morning the division holds an Academic Half Day, consisting of a 4 hour block in the morning. There are no elective clinics or endoscopies on Wednesday mornings to minimize conflicts. All on-service General Surgery residents and all general surgeons (not on-call) are expected to attend the academic program.
The academic schedule includes:
- General Surgery Rounds presented by the resident staff
- Professor Rounds presented by the attending staff
- Interesting case conference/Morbidity and Mortality Rounds
- Pathology Rounds, once per month
- Resident research updates
- Trauma Rounds occur once per month on a Wednesday morning.
- Quarterly mock oral exams.
- Four wet labs are organized (2 laparoscopic skills/2 technical skills)
An evening Journal Club occurs once per month in the evening. This is a social gathering as well as the opportunity to teach critical appraisal.