KAREN R. BORMAN, MD, FACS APDS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 2010

A TASTEFUL INTRODUCTION?

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KAREN R. BORMAN, MD, FACS APDS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 2010 JACK, JILL, PEGGY & ROGER

KAREN R. BORMAN, MD, FACS DESCRIBING THE MODERN SURGICAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR’S SKILLS SET

TAKING A VERY BIG BITE

DESCRIBING THE SKILLS SET  IDENTIFY OUR CONSTITUENCIES  CHARACTERIZE WHAT THEY REQUIRE  SPECULATE WHAT THEY WANT  LINK SKILLS SET DEVELOPMENT TO APDS

RRC SERVING MANY MASTERS

EXPLICIT REQUIREMENTS: RRC

PR. II.A.3 Qualifications of the PD must include  Documented educational experience  Current ABS certification, active license, medical staff appointment, unrestricted credentials at sponsoring institution  Scholarly activity ACADEMIC SURGEON TRIPLE THREAT GS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

CORPORATE TRIPLE THREAT GS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

PD SKILLS SET # 1  Administer/maintain educational environment  Delineate responsibilities  Evaluate performance  Authority and accountability for program operations

PD SKILLS SET # 2  Necessary professional, technical, and clerical personnel  Educational resources sufficient for all residents  Resources adequate for facilitating scholarly activities

PD SKILLS SET # 3 oInternet access 24/7 to journals, references, searchable databases oSoftware for presentations, manuscripts, portfolios oSimulations and skills labs oOnline radiographic and lab reporting systems oIT support sufficient for GSOL interface

PD SKILLS SET # 4  Select, evaluate, promote, discipline, supervise residents  Evaluate faculty  Implement grievance + due process  Counsel + assist NDP  Verify completion

PD SKILLS SET # 5

EXPLICIT REQUIREMENTS: ABS

SKILLS SET # 6  Verify progress each year  Validate chief application  Attest to knowledge, technical skills, ethical standing, professionalism

SKILLS SET # 7  Shared passion for graduate surgical education  Respect  Collaboration  Unwavering support

CHAIR + FACULTY EXPECTATIONS  Maintain full accreditation  Recruit and retain the best residents  100% ABS pass rate  Cover every service and every faculty  Provide coverage to them and their services  Resolve all complaints to their satisfaction  Run the program as they would like but with minimal help from them  WATCH MY BACK!

SKILLS SET # 8

RESIDENT EXPECTATIONS: COMPLEX  Grant autonomy / Set boundaries  Be respectful of us / Earn our respect  Decisive / Democratic  Consistent / Flexible  Support individual / Meet needs of all  Superb, stress-free, daytime clinical opportunities  Evaluations honest / non-judgmental  Teach me / Let me learn  Rural practice / Urban subspecialist

RESIDENT EXPECTATIONS: SIMPLE  Demonstrate mastery of ALL the competencies  Provide 24 / 7 positive role model

SKILLS SET # 9

EXPECTATIONS OF THE PUBLIC

SKILLS SET # 10

JACK OF ALL TRADES

 Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one  A master of integration…knows enough from many learned disciplines to bring them together in a practical manner; a polymath or renaissance man; e.g., Leonardo daVinci

JILL OF ALL TRADES A girl who knows how to do everything

EXPECTATIONS OF OURSELVES

A master organization for the Jacks and Jills of all trades Preparing the surgeons of tomorrow to provide excellence in patient care

When you see a turtle atop a fence post, you know she didn’t get there by herself

She doesn’t belong up there, and she doesn’t know what to do while she’s up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with

TREASURERSECRETARYPRESIDENT - ELECT PAST- PRESIDENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR

A master organization for the Jacks and Jills of all trades Preparing the surgeons of tomorrow to provide excellence in patient care JACK, JILL, PEGGY & ROGER