Clinical Performance and Oral Examination Course

Helping Surgeons Improve Their Oral Communication Skills

 

Clinical Performance and Oral Examination Course Dates

June 02-05, 2010, Newport, Rhode Island ---- October 1-3, 2010, Washington, DC (NEW FORMAT)

           just before the ACS Clinical Congress

                                                                                                 

 

                         
An effective surgeon in the new millennium must be competent in all aspects of clinical surgery, including communication skills. All surgeons need to be able to communicate information effectively to their peers, patients, families, faculty and examiners. However, communication problems in young surgeons are often not identified until late in residency training or following failure of the certifying examination of the American Board of Surgery.

We developed this program over 20 years ago when young surgeons wanted to know "why" they weren't successful in oral presentation situations. They wanted to know whether it was their knowledge base, how they looked, behaved, or a combination of all three.

This program attempts to help each participant understand his/her strengths and weaknesses in the area of knowledge base, professional image and verbal communication skills. An intense program with a high faculty/student ratio provides practical guidance for immediate and continuing practice and achievement in each of these competencies. Our feedback from past participants has been outstanding and most have enjoyed subsequent success on the certifying examination.

 

For more information about the course please contact:

Email: 
Dr. Pamela Rowland

PhDSurgery@gmail.com

or

pamela.rowland@Dartmouth.edu

Phone:
(603) 359-0824

 

Or, contact:  June Cameron, BA, C-TAGME

camerj@mmc.org

Maine Medical Center
(207) 662-4078

 

In an effort to accomplish our goals in a few days, our class size must be limited. We encourage all interested participants to register early. Participants will be informed of the exact schedule before the course commences.

Please join us for a rewarding educational opportunity!

 

Course Directors
Kenneth W. Burchard, MD, FACS
Pamela A. Rowland, PhD