Surgical Skills Curriculum

Intern Orientation Week

Department Overview
Curriculum Overview
Chair Introduction
Informed Consent
Informed Consent Simulation
Informed Consent Team Building
Introduction to Skills Lab
Mental Skills
ERAS with Dr. Wooden
Admin Chief Talk
SIMPL:
MedHub/ACGME
Prioritization with Dr. Choi
Time Management with Dr. Mong
Central Lines 1
Upstander Training with Drs. Meagher and Tori
Headshots
Post-Op Fever
Wellness with Dr. Gray
Aseptic Technique, foley catheter, local administration
Chest Tube 1 + EM Residents
Intern Sim Day at Fairbanks
Do's- Don'ts vascular/prds/transplant
AIDET with Dr. Rescorla
Riley Medical Safety Advocate
Patient Safety/Quality Improvement
IPASS
Airway and Intubation
Small Group Session 1
Medical Reconcilliation
ABSITE - What is it, how to study?
Consults
Administrative Responsibilities
Central Lines 2
Nurse Shadowing Group 1
Discharge Planning
Research with Dr. Markel
Discharge Summary
Skills Curriculum Session 2
Nurse Shadowing Group 2
Small Group Session 2
Teaching Medical Students
Intern Olympics
Final Questions
Hospital Tours/Meet Teams

All intern curriculum (except orientation week) is held weekly on Thursday afternoons from 1–4:30 pm. Depending on group, students may be split in to two groups.

Session 1 Introduction
Session 2: Instrument/suture ID
Central Line 3 (assessment)
Session 3: Palming, intro suturing, instrument tie
Summer lecture series with Dr. Mong
Session 4: Knot tying
Chest Tube 2 (Assessment)
Session 5: Knot tying 2
Summer Lecture series with Dr. Mong (individual ACS score reviews
Session 6: suturing 1
Summer lecture series with Dr. Mong ( ACS weaknessess)
Session 7: suturing 2
Summer lecture series with Dr. mong (ACS weaknesses)
Free practice
Trauma Team Training at Fairbanks
End of Curriculum Assessments
Summer Lecture Series with Dr. Mong (Intern Check-In)
Intro to Robotics
Laparotomy incisions and Closure
Intro to laparoscopy, camera driving, FLS
Laparotomy (assessment)
I&D
Thanksgiving (no lab)
Drains, Wound Vac, Ostomies, NG Tubes
Access - POCUS, A-Line, IO, IV
Mid-Year Assessment Olympics
Christmas Holiday (no lab)
New Years (no lab)
I&D, drains, US access (assessment)
Ergonomics 1
Ergonomics 2
Cricothyroidectomy and tracheostomy
Preparing for a case
Lap Hernia Repair
Catharsis Talk
Open hernia Repair
OSCE
Intro to Mock Orals
Open Tissue Dissection, vessel harvest
Intro to lap chole
Electrolytes and Nutrition
Intro to Lap Appy
Death summaries and pronouncing
Trauma Team Training at Fairbanks
Ultrasound
Plastics - V-Y flaps, dog ear repair, skin biopsies
Bias training and bystander training
Intro to endoscopy
Bronchoscopy
Mental Skills
End of the year assessment Olympics

Annual Assessments
HSB & Stapled Anastomosis Teach
HSB & Stapled Anastomosis Practice
HSB & Stapled Anastomosis Testing
Vascular Anastomosis
Intro to LVHR & Mesh (simulator)
Breast Ultrasound (cadaver)
Axillary Dissection & Partial Mastectomy w/SAVI (cadaver)
Lap Ventral Hernia Teach
Lap Ventral Hernia Practice
Lap Ventral Hernia Test
Lap Splenectomy (cadaver)
Annual Assessment
Vascular
Open Right / Left Hemicolectomy (cadaver)
Ostomomy and Feeding Tubes (cadaver)
Vascular Anastomosis-carotid endarectomy

ATLAS
Annual Assessments
Vascular Anastomosis
Mastectomy (cadaver)
Thyroid/Parathyroid & Thyroid Ultrasound (cadaver)
ASSET
Lap Nissen Teach /Practice 1/2 ATLAS TEST
Lap Nissen Teach/ Practice 1/2 ATLAS TEST
Lap Nissen Test
Lap Right Hemi (cadaver)
Vascular
Annual Assessment
Lap Inguinal Hernia Repair (cadaver)
Vascular-Fem Pop

ATOM
ATOM
ATOM
ATOM
Optional ATLAS – RSVP required
Whipple (cadaver)
Annual Assessment
Lap Bowel Anastomosis Teach
Lap Bowel Anastomosis Practice
Lap Bowel Anastomosis Test
Gastric Resection (cadaver)
Annual Assessment
Lap Adrenalectomy (cadaver)

Optional ATLAS – RSVP required
Chief Resident Assessment
Lap Sigmoidectomy (cadaver)