Resident Training

Surgical Foundations Program
Training Sessions for Post Graduate Resident Doctors Years 1 and 2 (All Surgical Divisions)
Course Director: Dr. Brisseau

Session #1: Principles of Ultrasound
Session #2: Principles of Vascular Access
Session #3: Patient Position and OR Protocol
Session #4: Introduction to the OR
Session #5: Nightmare on Summer Street (Parts I&II)
Session #6: Suturing 101
Session #7: Suturing 201 (Suture Anastomosis)
Session #8: Energy Sources

Gynecology Resident Training Program
Resident Training Sessions specifically focused on aspects of Gynecologic Surgery.
Coordinator of Surgical Skills & MIS Training: Dr. Van Eyk

Session #1: Fundamental Basics of Colposcopy
Session #2: Laparoscopic Skills Training
Session #3: Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS)
Session #4: Fundamental Aspects of Urogynecology
Session #5: The Uterus
Session #6: Energy Sources
Session #7: Laparoscopic Tools
Session #8: Ovaries and Tubes

Resident Training Committee – Department of General Surgery
Monthly meeting to discuss aspects pertaining to the General Surgery Residency Program

Department of Family Medicine Resident Training Session
Instructing Physicians: Dr. Archibald, Dr. Zed

Session #1: Biopsy Techniques
Suturing and Joint Injection
Instructing Physician: Dr. Archibald

Session #2: Technique of Episiotomy
Instructing Physician: Dr. Bussey

Session #3: Toenail removal, Ankle-brachial Index (ABI) & Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

Division of General Surgery Resident Session

 Session #1: Instruction on the procedure of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (PGY1)
Instructor: Dr. Mark Walsh

Session #2: Bowel Anastomosis
Instructor: Dr. Mark Walsh

Session #3 Vascular
Instructors: Dr.Walsh, Dr. Casey

Session #4: Gallbladder Surgery
Instructors: Dr. Walsh, Dr. Molinari, Dr. Alwayn

Session #5: Course in Percutaneous Tracheostomy (Cadaveric Demonstration)
Instructor: Dr. Minor

Session #6: Therapeutic Endoscopy (Senior Resident Session)
Instructor: Dr. Ellsmere

Department of Urology Resident Session

 Session #1: Laparoscopic Suturing
Instructor: Dr. Rendon

Session #2: Urology Basics (Cadaveric demonstration)
Instructor: Dr. Bagnell

Session #3: Urology Skills (Cadaveric demonstration)
Instructor: Dr. Bagnell

Session #4: Laparoscopic Suturing Championship
Instructor: Dr. Rendon

Department of Ophthalmology Resident Session (PGY1-5)
Instructor: Dr. Ritenour

Session #1: The Basics of Corneal Suturing
EYESI Simulator Setup and Instruction

Session #2: Principles of Ophthalmic Surgery – Cataract Boot camp

Session #3: Basic of Cataract Surgery and Phacoemulsificationf

Interprofessional Collaboration (Perioperative Nursing Program and General Surgery Residents)
Mock OR
Instructors: Dr. Brisseau, Rolanda Lavallee-RN, Jocelyne Granger-RN, Trudy Hebb-RN

Division of Otolaryngology/ENT Resident Session (PGY1-5)
Course in Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Instructor: Dr. Minor

Department of Medicine Resident Session
Airway Course
Instructor: Dr. Janice Chisholm

Division of Plastic Surgery Resident Session
Session #1: Cadaver Session
Instructor: Dr. Stein

Session #2: Sawbones Session
Instructor: Dr. Wilson

Division of Orthopedic Surgery Resident Session
Various gross anatomy sessions (Cadaveric demonstration)
Instructors: Dr. Glazebrook, Dr. Dunbar

Division of Cardiac Surgery Resident Session
Vascular Anastomosis
Instructor: Dr. Baskett

Department of Emergency Medicine Resident Session
Percutaneous Cricothyrotomy
Instructor: Dr. Minor

Department of Anesthesia Resident (Critical Care) Session
Cardiac Echo Heart Anatomy Instruction
Instructor: Dr. Gallacher

Oralmaxillofacial Resident Training
Trauma Update
Instructor: Dr. Chad Robertson
Sponsored by Stryker