A series of seminars are held on Wednesday afternoons. Residents in the program are excused from clinical duties: AHD is protected teaching time mandated by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Attendance is mandatory. The academic activities include lectures, journal clubs, and innovative and interactive adult teaching techniques. Senior residents are given oral examinations in preparation for the Royal College Certification Exam.
If you are unable to attend AHD, you must notify the program office.
Acceptable reasons to miss AHD: night shift, approved leave (vacation, study, personal, or conference with proof of registration), exam, illness (notify the program office immediately), maternity/paternity leave, patient acuity (notify us immediately and copy the staff surgeon or CTU Director).
Unacceptable reasons to miss AHD: OR, routine work or clinical duties, personal activities (including dentist, doctor, etc), research schedules interfere with teaching (interviews, meetings, etc). The call schedule at each site has the person identified to take call during AHD (attending, fellow or off-service resident), as residents are protected from clinical work during AHD.
Please sign in to the General Surgery space for assigned readings for each session and to access lecture slides from previous talks.
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Year 1 Blocks
Block |
Block Leader |
| Trauma | 听 |
| Colorectal Part 2 | 听 |
| HPB | 听 |
| Endocrine | 听 |
| Abdominal wall | 听 |
| Small bowel/spleen/appendix | 听 |
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Year 2 Blocks
Block |
Block Leader |
| Breast | 听 |
| Colorectal | 听 |
| UGI/Bariatrics | 听 |
| Vascular | 听 |
| Thoracic | 听 |
| Surgical Oncology | 听 |
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AHD - Summer/Fall 2024听Calendar
| Date: | Time | Topic | Attending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul | 1-3 | Surgical Jeopardy | Dr. Grushka/McKendy |
| 听 | 3-5 | Colorectal (RC MCQs) | Dr. Lee |
| 10-Jul | 1-3 | SCORE Exam (for R1-4) | 听 |
| 听 | 听 | (Study time for R5s) | 听 |
| 17-Jul | 1-3 | Bariatrics - prcedures, indications, complications | Dr. Aziz Ali |
| 听 | 3-5 | Review of bariatric RC Qs | Dr. Aziz Ali |
| 24-Jul | 1-3 | Pancreatic cancer | Dr. Pelletier |
| 听 | 3-5 | Review of Trauma Qs | Dr. Fata |
| 31-Jul | 1-2 | Introduction to breast pathology | Dr. Stephanie Wong |
| 听 | 2-3 | Management of High Risk Breast Lesions and DCIS | Dr. Stephanie Wong |
| 听 | 3-5 | Review of ACS topics (RC MCQs) | Dr. Evan Wong |
| 07-Aug | 1-3 | Chief Study session | Dr. Lee |
| 听 | 3-5 | MCQs Surgical Oncology | Dr. Dumitra |
| 14-Aug | 1-3 | Simulation Session 1 | Dr. Amin Andalib |
| 21-Aug | 1-2 | GIST | Dr. Mueller |
| 听 | 2-3 | Thyroid Cancer - Surgical Management & Current Controversies | Dr. Mitmaker |
| 听 | 3-5 | Endocrine (RC MCQs) | Dr. Mitmaker |
| 28-Aug | 1-3 | R1s to complete Mock CAGS exam & MGSRC meeting | 听 |
| 04-Sep | 1-3 | Open forum | Dr. Liberman & Dr. McKendy |
| 11-Sep | 1-3 | Simulation Session 2 | 听 |
| 18-Sep | 1-3 | Management of the Axilla | Dr. Prakash |
| 听 | 3-5 | Senior Teaching | Dr. Pang |
| 25-Sep | 听 | CANADIAN SURGICAL FORUM (Sept 25-28) | 听 |
| 02-Oct | 1-3 | TBD | TBD |
| 听 | 3-5 | Senior Teaching | Dr. Simon Bergman |
| 09-Oct | 1-3 | Simulation Session 3 | 听 |
| 16-Oct | 1-3 | Medical student teaching | Dr. Bergman, Dr. McKendy, Dr. Liberman, Dr. Tchervenkov |
| 听 | 听 | VP breast cases | 听 |
| 听 | 3-5 | Senior Teaching | Dr. Sebastian Demyttenaere |
| 23-Oct | 1-3 | Melanoma | Dr. Faleh |
| 听 | 3-5 | Senior Teaching | Dr. Jeffrey Barkun |
| 30-Oct | 听 | VP breast cases (Juniors) | 听 |
| 听 | 1-3 | Harvey H Sigman Visiting Professor | 听 |
| 听 | 3-5 | Senior Teaching | Dr. Jeremy Grushka |
| 13-Nov | 1-3 | Melanoma | Dr. Meguerditchian |
| 20-Nov | 1-3 | HPB Symposium 2024 | Dr. Dionisios Vrochides |
| 听 | 3-5 | Senior Teaching | Dr. Meterissian |
| 27-Nov | 1-3 | Approach to surgical management of adrenal pathology | Dr. Liane Feldman |
| 04-Dec | 1-3 | Simulation Session 4 | 听 |
| 听 | 3-5 | Senior Teaching | Dr. Charlebois |
| 11-Dec | 1-3 | HIPEC | Dr. Vanounou |
| 18-Dec | 听 | HOLIDAY LUNCH | 听 |
| 25-Dec | 听 | HOLIDAY BREAK | 听 |
| 01-Jan | 听 | HOLIDAY BREAK | 听 |
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