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SAGES University MASTERS Program: a structured curriculum for deliberate, lifelong learning

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Abstract

Background

Postgraduate training has been haphazard to date. Surgeons have relied on attendance to annual meetings and multiple choice study guides to demonstrate maintenance of certification and continuing medical education.

Methods

SAGES held a retreat to develop the concept and scope of the Masters Program. Surveys were sent to SAGES members to guide curriculum development and selection of anchoring operations.

Results

SAGES has developed an educational curriculum across eight domains (Acute Care, Biliary, Bariatric, Colorectal, Hernia, Foregut, Flex Endoscopy, and Robotic Surrey) incorporating SAGES educational materials and guidelines, social media, coaching and mentoring.

Conclusions

Deliberate, lifelong learning should be a better way to teach and learn.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

  2. Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Dimitrios Stefanidis

  3. Department of Surgery, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

    James R. Korndorffer Jr.

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Justin B. Dimick

  5. Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA

    Brian P. Jacob

  6. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Boston, MA, USA

    Linda Schultz

  7. Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Daniel J. Scott

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Dr. Jones reports personal fees from Allurion, personal fees from The Medicines Company, outside the submitted work; and is President of SAGES and the former Chair of the SAGES Curriculum Task Force. Dr. Korndorffer is on the speakers bureau of Becton–Dickinson, outside the submitted work. Dr. Dimick reports personal fees from ArborMetrix, grants from NIH, personal fees from Georgetown University Hospital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Rutgers University, outside the submitted work. Dr. Jacob reports personal fees from Medtronic, Inc and other from International Hernia Collaboration, Inc., outside the submitted work. Dr. Scott reports non-financial support from Intuitive, personal fees from Accelerated Technologies, Inc., non-financial support from Covidien, non-financial support from Ethicon, non-financial support from Karl Storz Endoscopy, outside the submitted work. In addition, Dr. Scott has a patent for Magnetically Anchored Instruments issued and is Past President of SAGES. Dr. Stefanidis and Ms. Schultz have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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An erratum to this article is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-017-5825-1.

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Jones, D.B., Stefanidis, D., Korndorffer, J.R. et al. SAGES University MASTERS Program: a structured curriculum for deliberate, lifelong learning. Surg Endosc 31, 3061–3071 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-017-5626-6

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