Faculty Development Webinars
TSDA’s Faculty Development Committee is planning exciting and informative webinars for cardiothoracic surgery faculty and program coordinators. Advance registration is required to participate. Check back frequently for updates and registration information.
2024 WEBINARS
Top Ten Mistakes Made by Program Directors
Monday, April 8, 2024
7:00pm ET
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2021 WEBINARS
Faculty Development & Curriculum Design
Monday, May 10, 2021
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. ET
This webinar provided a framework for different components needed as a responsible educator, and how to implement these aspects at local training programs. The intended audience Program Directors, Associate Program Directors, Program Coordinators, faculty, and trainees who plan to pursue an academic career.
Faculty Development
The skills of being an effective teacher, educator, mentor and scholar are often not taught formally, and one of the most desired topics that surgical faculty at all levels wish to learn more about. It is such an integral part of residency training that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Common Program Requirements now requires that “faculty participation in faculty development activities should be monitored and recorded.”
Curriculum Design
One of the elements of instituting educational change is the creation of a curriculum. The methodology of curricula design will be briefly presented, and working breakout sessions will be used to show how it can be created or integrated into commonly used educational formats such as morbidity/mortality conferences, simulation labs, and journal club models.
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Implementation and Curriculum Development
Steve Yang, MD
Curriculum Development
Elizabeth David, MD
Integrating the Online STS Thoracic Surgical Curriculum
Jules Lin, MD
M&M Breakout Session
Taryne Imai, MD
Teaching in the Operating Room
Monday, August 16, 2021
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. ET
Course Description
This webinar on “Teaching in the Operating Room”, organized by the Faculty Development Committee of the TSDA, will provide a framework on the different components needed as a responsible educator, and how to implement these aspects into their own local programs. The operating room is obviously the surgeons’ most cherished “lecture hall.” Though honing technical skills is the main focus, this environment remains the least structured and studied format for teaching surgery. The goals of this session would be to provide a framework in the pre-, intra- and postoperative setting to promote effective teaching. Noting that the skills sets are different for the subspecialties in our field, after a general overview, the attendees will break out into the areas of cardiac, general thoracic and congenital surgery. The audience would include program directors and coordinators, faculty, and trainees who plan to pursue an academic career.
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Resident Education
John Cleveland, MD
Teaching in the OR: Cardiac Surgery Breakout
Ajay Carpenter, MD
Teaching in the OR: Congenital Surgery Breakout
John Cleveland, MD
Teaching in the OR: Thoracic Surgery Breakout
Elizabeth David, MD
Using Education for Promotion & Wellness/Burnout
Monday, September 27, 2021
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. ET
Course Description
This webinar covered two topics organized by the Faculty Development Committee of the TSDA. The first part focused on what is surgical educational research, how to conduct it, and use it and other educational contributions as a foundation for academic promotion and advancement. The second and perhaps the most important portion of the webinar, focused on how to implement wellness programs at your institution. Especially during these trying times, burnout remains a prevalent problem among all care workers and associates. Despite increasing efforts to mitigate it, fatigue and stress continue to be unrecognized, so a conscious effort needs to be adopted to improve everyone’s well-being. The audience would include program directors and coordinators, faculty, and trainees who plan to pursue an academic career.
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Using Education for Promotion
Taryne Imai, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Wellness
Cherie Erkmen, MD
Conducting Educational Research Breakout
David Odell, MD
Documenting Educational Activity Breakout
Steve Yang, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Wellness Breakout
Cherie Erkmen, MD
CME INFORMATION
Accreditation Statement
These activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates each of these live activities for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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