Corrigan L McBride1, Raul J Rosenthal2, Stacy Brethauer3, Eric DeMaria4, John J Kelly5, John M Morton6, Emanuele Lo Menzo7, Rachel Moore8, Alfons Pomp9, Ninh T Nguyen10. 1. Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Electronic address: clmcbride@unmc.edu. 2. Department of General Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL. 3. Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. 4. Bon Secours Health System, St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, VA. 5. Department of Surgery, UMassMemorial Medical Center, Worcester MA. 6. Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. 7. Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL. 8. Moore Metabolics, New Orleans, Louisiana. 9. Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. 10. Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bariatric fellowship training after general surgery has historically been time based and competence was determined at completion based on a minimum number of cases during the fellowship. Graduate medical education is moving toward competency-based medical education where learners are evaluated during the course of their training and competence assessment occurs throughout. OBJECTIVES: The Executive Council of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) at the direction of the American Board of Surgery wanted to transition the bariatric surgery fellowship curriculum from its traditional format to a competency-based curriculum using competency-based medical education principles. METHODS: The ASMBS Education and Training Committee established a task force of 9 members to create a new curriculum and all of the necessary evaluation tools to support the curriculum, and initiate a pilot program. RESULTS: A competency-based curriculum consisting of 6 modules with cognitive and technical milestones, and the innovative evaluation tools needed to evaluate the learners, was created. A pilot program consisting of 10 programs and 19 fellows has been undertaken for the 2016-2017 academic year. CONCLUSION: The Education Committee of the ASMBS is leading the charge in curriculum development for competency-based medical education for bariatric fellowship.
BACKGROUND: Bariatric fellowship training after general surgery has historically been time based and competence was determined at completion based on a minimum number of cases during the fellowship. Graduate medical education is moving toward competency-based medical education where learners are evaluated during the course of their training and competence assessment occurs throughout. OBJECTIVES: The Executive Council of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) at the direction of the American Board of Surgery wanted to transition the bariatric surgery fellowship curriculum from its traditional format to a competency-based curriculum using competency-based medical education principles. METHODS: The ASMBS Education and Training Committee established a task force of 9 members to create a new curriculum and all of the necessary evaluation tools to support the curriculum, and initiate a pilot program. RESULTS: A competency-based curriculum consisting of 6 modules with cognitive and technical milestones, and the innovative evaluation tools needed to evaluate the learners, was created. A pilot program consisting of 10 programs and 19 fellows has been undertaken for the 2016-2017 academic year. CONCLUSION: The Education Committee of the ASMBS is leading the charge in curriculum development for competency-based medical education for bariatric fellowship.
Authors: Joshua J Weis; Adnan A Alseidi; D Rohan Jeyarajah; Michael A Schweitzer; Yumi Hori; Vanessa Cheung; Daniel J Scott Journal: Surg Endosc Date: 2019-06-17 Impact factor: 4.584
Authors: Dana A Telem; Daniel B Jones; Philip R Schauer; Stacy A Brethauer; Raul J Rosenthal; David Provost; Stephanie B Jones Journal: Surg Endosc Date: 2018-03-30 Impact factor: 4.584