AAS Town Hall Webinar

Academic Surgery in the Time of COVID-19

How to Optimize Your Educational Experiences During the Pandemic

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, many academic institutions are facing challenges in how to best educate both medical student and residents. In this webinar titled Association for Academic Surgery Town Hall, the leaders and experts in surgical education will discuss strategies on how to optimize your educational programs during the pandemic. Topics to be covered in this webinar will include virtual learning strategies for medical students and residents, skills for educators on running a virtual learning session and how to maintain a simulation/skills curriculum during the pandemic.

Topics:

• Virtual learning strategies for medical students and residents
• How to run a successful online teaching session as an educator
• How to continue and expand your skills and simulation program at a distance

Session Moderators:

Kathleen S. Romanowski, MD, MAS, FACS
Assistant Professor, Division of Burn Surgery, University of California, Davis and Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California

Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, FACS
Assistant Professor; Associate Program Director, UAB General Surgery Residency; Department of Surgery; University of Alabama at Birmingham

Agenda

Panelist	Presenting
Dawn Elfenbein, MD, MPH, FACS Associate Professor Department of Surgery University of Wisconsin	Virtual Learning Strategies for Medical Students Presented Resources: American College of Surgeons resources: https://www.facs.org/education/cme-platform/resources/virtualizing AAMC resources for medical schools during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.aamc.org/coronavirus/medical-education MedEd Portal virtual learning resources during COVID-19 https://www.mededportal.org/virtual AAMC article “From Bedside to Webside: https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/bedside-webside-future-doctors-learn-how-practice-remotely
Abbey Fingeret, MD Assistant Professor Division of Surgical Oncology University of Nebraska	Virtual Learning Strategies for Residents
Jane Miller, PhD Clinical Associate Professor Department of Family Medicine University of Iowa	How to Run a Successful Online Teaching Session as an Educator Presented Resources: https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/sail/# (scroll down to “archived webinars”) https://www.simulation.umn.edu/research-and-innovations (scroll down for multiple simulation types – mental health and normal vaginal delivery included)
Michael Awad, MD, PhD Associate Professor Division of General Surgery Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery Washington University	How to Continue and Expand your Skills and Simulation Program at a Distance