In addition to providing residents with surgical opportunities, didactic instruction to enhance and develop critical thinking skills, programs to assist in conducting research and professionalism are offered.

Topics and programs include:

• Weekly morbidity and mortality reviews

• Tumor Board

• Surgical Director’s Rounds

• Surgical Residency Director’s weekly board reviews, lectures and quizzes  Monthly Surgical Breast Conference

• Monthly combined GI and Surgical Conference

• OMT Conferences

• Advanced Trauma Life Support

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support

• Weekly trauma conferences / workshops

• Fundamental Critical Care Course

• Research Program Tutoring

• Disaster Management

• Simulation Labs (coming soon!)

• Guest lecturers

• Multidisciplinary lectures (ICU – Pediatrics – Emergency Department – Nutrition, etc.)

• Full service library on site

• Hospital intranet available providing clinical support (pathways, videos, links, on-line hospital formulary, PACS system)