Annual Meeting

ASE 2023 Annual Meeting
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Association for Surgical Education Annual Meeting
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
San Diego, CA
April 13 – 15, 2023
at Surgical Education Week – April 11 – 15, 2023

APDS Annual Meeting will be held April 11-13

To register to attend the ASE 2023 Annual Meeting or Surgical Education Week,
visit the following link: Click Here for Registration
View the ASE Program Schedule and all Surgical Education Week events via the Advance Program
To reserve a room in meeting room block, use special group rate code SEW and
visit the following link: Click Here for Hotel Reservations
For questions, please contact ASE Senior Meeting Planner, Paula Claborn paula@surgicaleducation.com.

Coordinator Track Program

Calling all Clerkship Coordinators! We invite you to join us for our own learning experience dedicated to the role the Clerkship Coordinators have in the education of medical students while going through their Surgery Clerkship.  Our track will focus on our work and how we can do it better, our specific challenges, and innovative ways we can continue to meet the needs of our changing student populations. This track is great to network with coordinators across the county and share best practices.  The group continues to meet on a monthly basis after the annual meeting.
Register now for the Coordinator Track Program (includes ASE Meeting, ASE Awards Banquet, and Troubleshooting Your Clerkship Pre-Meeting Course) – click here to register

Pre-Meeting Courses

Title: Troubleshooting Your Clerkship
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Time: 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM (CME credits, breakfast and lunch included)

Description: This pre-meeting course is an annual venue for new and continuing surgery Clerkship Directors and Coordinators to teach and learn all aspects of the surgery core clerkship in undergraduate medical education. This one-day program will include panel discussion, half-hour topic areas with discussion, and three 15-minute updates after lunch. The four content areas will be:

1. Preparing the students for clerkship
2. The virtual world of clerkships education
3. The clerkship environment
4. Student and Clerkship Director support (accommodations, student support, and wellness)

Between sessions there will be smaller sessions giving updates relevant to Clerkship Directors and Coordinators. In additional to the four content areas, the course will include updates for ASE/ACS Medical Student Core Curriculum; NBME Workgroup; and WISE MD.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Title: Mentorship and Leadership for Surgeon Leaders Through Simulation
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (includes lunch)

Methods: Simulation is an effective method to teach leadership and mentorship skills through experiential learning and deliberate practice. This course will present important leadership, mentorship and coaching concepts and corresponding skills using a combination of didactic content and simulation-based activities. Skills to be practiced in the simulated environment include mentorship, coaching, communication, and conflict management in difficult situations, and managing emotional intelligence. Learners will practice and respond to simulated scenarios in a safe but challenging environment designed to manage their own emotions while interacting with a trainee or staff member under various clinical circumstances. Participants will evaluate aspects of team performance to differentiate effective and ineffective methods in relation to leadership, mentorship, and coaching.

Conclusion: Leadership, mentorship, and coaching skills are essential to the surgeon and can be both learned and practiced in a small group setting using simulation. Becoming an effective leader will enhance teaching ability and communication with staff and patients. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to apply these skills to their daily workflow regardless of current leadership role.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Title: Fundamentals of a Career in Surgical Education (FACSE): Pathway to Clinician Educator
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (includes lunch)

Description: This course is designed to give the participants the fundamentals to get started in an academic career in surgical education. Designed to meet the career needs of all levels from residents to junior faculty, this course will offer tangible strategies and lessons learned from leaders in Surgical Education. This course will define an academic surgery educator (job description), describing the necessary educational skills to obtain, overcoming challenges, developing tools to promote skills, and achieving academic productivity. The course will highlight the various opportunities and resources available to develop an academic career in surgical education. Working groups will be used to facilitate discussion and development of a teaching portfolio.

Course Features:

Pathways to Clinician Educator Leadership –

1. Expert panel
2. Overcoming setbacks/failure
3. Case-based presentations from course participants

Academic Productivity –

1. Explain the fundamentals of educational research
2. Discuss ways to get support for educational research
3. List credible publication/venues for educational projects/presentations
4. Describe strategies for scholarly productivity
5. Identify institutional and national resources to support educational research

Teaching Portfolio –

1. Prepare a teaching portfolio
2. Discuss the usefulness of a teaching portfolio for professional development
3. Integrate the aims of a teaching portfolio with personal academic goals and needs
4. Describe the tenets used for academic promotion
5. Illustrate the type of activities and credentials needed to fill in each of the tenets
6. Recognize available resources to build up a CV and a personal statement of education
7. Working groups to help participants develop their teaching portfolio. Course participants with portfolios may submit prior to the course for directed review by ASE leadership. Contact ASE office for information.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Title: Fundamentals of Teaching
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM (includes lunch)

Description: This highly interactive half-day pre-meeting course uses a case-based approach to the fundamentals of teaching. It is designed for those taking on a new teaching role or who would like to enhance their abilities as a clinical teacher. The session will cover teaching in the operating room, giving feedback, and using simulation. Participants will leave with new skills, knowledge, and energy they can apply to their learners.

Objectives:

1. Apply scaffolding to a surgical procedure
2. Employ goal setting for a clinical encounter
3. Contrast reinforcing and redirecting feedback

COVID Requirements and Health Guidelines

ASE and APDS are focused on your health and safety. We will be working with experts and local leaders to ensure a safe, healthy meeting. Last year, the range of responsible requirements for those registrants who plan to attend in-person reached requiring masking as well as written affirmation of vaccination status as part of your on-site registration While we all hope for better days as to circumstances in San Diego this April, we cannot offer assurances that the results of our study of circumstances over the next 15 weeks will not bring us to adopt similar criteria this year.  We will update you with more details when we are closer to the meeting.  Again, no health and safety measures/information will be needed from those participating only via live stream.

ASE 2023 Call for Workshop Session Proposals

Proposals for Panel Sessions at the ASE 2023 Annual Meeting are now closed.

ASE 2023 Call for Panel Session Proposals

Proposals for Workshops at the ASE 2023 Annual Meeting are now closed.

ASE 2023 Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts for the ASE 2023 Annual Meeting is now closed and notifications have been sent. Visit our website in the Summer of 2023 for information on the next submission cycle.

Submissions for Candlelight, Shark Tank, and Thinking Out of the Box are now closed and notifications have been sent. Visit our website in the Summer of 2023 for information on the next submission cycle.