Surgical Education Fellowship

The Department of Surgery, under the mentorship of Sanjeev Dutta, MD, MA, FRCSC, FACS, introduced a two year Surgical Education Research Fellowship in July 2007. This program is offered to Surgery residents at Stanford who are interested in surgical education, During this Fellowship, the resident spend two years designing, implementing, analyzing, presenting and publishing research projects in their field(s) of interest. Past projects have included research on surgical skills and boot camps, simulation in patient safety, gender differences in confidence levels of residents, and curriculum design. Currently, fellows apply for a position as a Surgical Education Research Fellow (SERF) of the Association of Surgical Education (ASE). Future plans include a possible Master's degree in Education.

The fellows are also involved in the general surgery skills curriculum for residents and training sessions for the clerkship medical students, including Trauma scenarios, suturing and knot-tying workshops, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) training, professor rounds, and more. Fellows have full access to and assist in the operational management of the Goodman Simulation Center and all simulation activities.