Division of Education

University of Cincinnati Division of Education in the Department of Surgery

Education in the Department of Surgery includes medical student clinical clerkships and electives, graduate medical education resident and fellowship programs, basic scientist training, and continuing medical education seminars and classes. We also serve as an educational resource for our colleagues in the Greater Cincinnati region. At our most recent review in September, 2004, the General Surgery Residency program received full accreditation from the Residency Review Committee of the ACGME.

Complementing the top-notch clinical training are outstanding opportunities to participate in basic science research. While research is optional, most residents choose to spend one or two years in laboratory research with a faculty mentor. Opportunities are available during this time to pursue advanced degrees such as Ph.D. or Doctor of Science.

Our surgical clerkship has become a model of innovation for clinical education and has led to a marked increase in the number of medical students at the University of Cincinnati choosing surgery as their career path. Over the past four decades, surgical faculty have held a monopoly on best teacher awards as voted by the UC medical students.

University of Cincinnati: Surgery

The Surgical Education Program continues to attract and train the best and brightest medical students and residents from around the country. Residents who graduate from our programs have an outstanding record of selection for the best fellowships in the most competitive specialties in surgery and have been remarkably successful in securing positions in academic departments and as leaders in the community practice of surgery.

The Edward Woliver Laboratory for Simulation and Education in Surgery includes an array of simulation equipment designed to let surgical residents practice new skills in a safe, faculty-mentored environment outside the operating room. The lab has both low- and high-tech simulation equipment, including simple models to simulate suturing vessels. It also includes sophisticated devices that incorporate haptics (sense of touch) and track a surgeon's performance during the training session. The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) course is an education and skills training module which is rapidly becoming the standard of evaluating basic skills and knowledge for laparoscopy. The course is CME accredited.