ATACCCSt. Petersburg, FLAugust 17, 2003.ppt

* ATACCC St. Petersburg, FL August 17, 2003 Richard M. Satava, MD FACS Professor of Surgery University of Washington School of Medicine and Program Manager, Advanced Biomedical Technologies Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Special Assistant, Advance Medical Technologies US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command VMAS The Five Fundamental Conferences Opportunity Begin defining Surgical Education with clean slate Integrate modeling and simulation into the curricula Establish an international consensus for uniformity This is a unique moment to: Goals The fundamental infrastructure (5 conferences) The network of multiple institutions The consensus from the international community Support for the 6 competencies (ACGME ABMS) To establish the following: The 6 Competencies 2001 Consensus by the AGCME ABMS Knowledge Patient Care Interpersonal and communication skills Professionalism Practice-based learning and improvement Systems-based practice The 5 Conferences Metrics Errors Methodology Curriculum Outcomes Metrics July, 2001 Metrics for technical surgical skills Purpose: To establish the definitions and taxonomy of surgical skills and to survey the current simulators to identify the skills which are applicable to each simulator Errors March, 2004 Conference on Surgical Errors (COSE) Purpose: To establish the definitions and taxonomy of surgical errors and to determine how errors should be implemented in outcomes analysis Methodology November, 2004 Methodology for validation of simulators Purpose: To establish a standardized method of validating surgical simulators, with the possibility of using a similar methodology for evaluating curricula and the 6 competencies * *