• Steven C Stain, E Christopher Ellison, Diana L Farmer, Timothy C Flynn, Julie A Freischlag, Jeffrey B Matthews, Rachel W Newman, Xiaodong Chen, Dimitrios Stefanidis, L D Britt, Jo Buyske, Karen Fisher, Ajit K Sachdeva, Patricia L Turner, and Blue Ribbon Committee II.
• Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
• Ann. Surg. 2024 Oct 1; 280 (4): 535546535-546.

ObjectiveAn expert panel made recommendations to optimize surgical education and training based on the effects of contemporary challenges.BackgroundThe inaugural Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC I) proposed sweeping recommendations for surgical education and training in 2004. In light of those findings, a second BRC (BRC II) was convened to make recommendations to optimize surgical training considering the current landscape in medical education.MethodsBRC II was a panel of 67 experts selected on the basis of experience and leadership in surgical education and training. It was organized into subcommittees which met virtually over the course of a year. They developed recommendations, along with the Steering Committee, based on areas of focus and then presented them to the entire BRC II. The Delphi method was chosen to obtain consensus, defined as ≥80% agreement among the panel. Cronbach α was computed to assess the internal consistency of 3 Delphi rounds.ResultsOf the 50 recommendations, 31 obtained consensus in the following aspects of surgical training (# of consensus recommendation/# of proposed): Workforce (1/5); Medical Student Education (3/8); Work Life Integration (4/6); Resident Education (5/7); Goals, Structure, and Financing of Training (5/8); Education Support and Faculty Development (5/6); Research Training (7/9); and Educational Technology and Assessment (1/1). The internal consistency was good in Rounds 1 and 2 and acceptable in Round 3.ConclusionsBRC II used the Delphi approach to identify and recommend 31 priorities for surgical education in 2024. We advise establishing a multidisciplinary surgical educational group to oversee, monitor, and facilitate implementation of these recommendations.Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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