Education
This program has several scheduled conferences devoted to resident education
as well as opportunities for practical skills development.
Death and Complications
Wednesday mornings at 7 am: Equivalent to weekly “morbidity and mortality”
conferences where residents present cases from the preceding weeks that did not
have an expected outcome. The philosophy of the conference is to use these
cases as illustrative teaching examples, not to assign blame. Pertinent literature
related to the complication is presented and discussed by the residents and attendings.
Grand Rounds
Friday mornings at 7 am: Throughout the year, visiting speakers and our attendings
present weekly lectures on a wide range of topics. In addition, there are opportunities
to hone surgical skills outside of the operating room.
Upcoming Schedule
Resident Educational Conference
Friday mornings at 8 am: This two hour weekly conference is devoted to teaching
the residents either in a mock oral board format or as designated skill sessions.
The time from clinical duties is set aside and all residents attend.
Laparoscopic Simulators
The program has a computerized laparoscopic training module that all
residents are required to complete prior to performing such cases in the OR.
The Basic Advance Trauma Computer Assisted Virtual Experience is a training
center devoted to
teaching technical skills to residents and staff through the
combined use of lectures, computer simulators, and mannequins. Techniques such
as central line placement, endoscopy, trauma resuscitation, and anesthesia
induction can all be practiced in a supervised environment with feedback
from trained staff.
Resident Research Project Bank
Dr. Darra Kingsley
1. A
re-comparison of Transrectal Ultrasound and pathology reports
in rectal
cancer staging.
2.
Characterization of our VA and UNM PEG patients, including morbidity and
mortality.
3.
Professionalism in medical school and residency training.
4. Determining
the consistency and validity of our current resident evaluation
tool, including
a potential re-design.
5. Any quality
evaluation topic with use of the NSQIP database (of all surgical
patients at the
VA and/or nationally) or with the use of the VA's Tumor
Registry
(local/state/national) data.
Dr. David
Pitcher
1. Any quality
review/business aspect of surgery
2. Patient
safety related initiatives.
Dr. John Russell
1.
M&M conference at UNM: Analysis of specialty differences
(Medical vs. Surgical)
2. Breast Cancer
- outcomes of patients with complete "clinical response" to neoadjuvant therapy.
3. Did UNM
general surgery residency adequately prepare me for practice? A survey of
program graduates over past 10 years.
4. Case series
reviews:
-
Chronic/recurrent breast abscesses/mammilary fistulas
- Male breast
abscesses
Dr. Anthony Vigil
1. Seprafilm and perforated colons
2. Gallstone ileus case report
3. Accuracy of HIDA scan at the VA
4. Building a groin hernia model to learn
to operate from
5. Outcome after prolonged ( > 3 weeks)
emergency icu stay at VA.
Dr. Anne
Marie Wallace
1. Prospective
study on effectiveness of preoperative paravertebral block in decreasing need
for postoperative narcotics in patients undergoing breast surgery (with the
endpoint being whether or not there is enough difference to perform MRM as
outpatient—emphasis on efficacy of axillary block and requirements for postop
monitoring for high thoracic blocks, including T1)
2. Sentinel
lymph node false positive and false negative rates for frozen sections at UNM
3. Lymphedema,
neuralgias, and axillary lymph node conversion rates at UNM
4. Obesity and
rate of identification of sentinel nodes
