CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Chair - Gerard Doherty, MD, University of Michigan  gerardd@med.umich.edu

• Karen Deveney, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University
• Douglas Dorner, M.D., Iowa Health – Des Moines
• David Reines, M.D., Inov. Fair Fax
• Karen Borman, M.D., University of Mississippi
• Terrance Liu, M.D., UCSF – East Bay Surgery Program
• John Potts, M.D., University of Texas-Houston Medical Center

Charge to the Curriculum Committee

• Develop a comprehensive set of goals and objectives to cover the educational aspects of the primary components of surgery.
• The curriculum must be exportable to both large and small residency programs.  It must be affordable.
• Develop explicit tools and methods to comply with ACGME competencies.
• The Chairman should make an attempt to incorporate members from university, hybrid, and community programs.
• Develop metrics and measurements that support the collection, evaluation and reporting of data that measures and defines competence among graduate surgical programs.
• Collect and report data on the resident experience.
• Monitor and evaluate the number of citations given to graduate surgical programs and evaluate opportunities for improvement.
• Monitor the accreditation cycles for member programs.

Minutes of the January 2008 committee meeting--click here