Do you have a desire to help other surgeons to improve their practice? We offer a hybrid training for surgeons to learn the skills to become a Surgical Coach.
Surgical Coaches unlock a surgeon’s potential to maximize their own performance. They help them to learn rather than teaching them. Coaches provide objective and constructive feedback to help someone recognize what works, what can be improved, and inspire them to maximize their potential.
As a Surgical Coach, you will meet with other surgeons face-to-face or online, help them to improve their own performance using Surgical Coaching techniques. You meet at times that are convenient for you, and our administrative support staff can help coordinate scheduling these coaching visits.
If you want to help other surgeons, there is a new option: becoming a Surgical Coach. Surgical Coaching provides the unique opportunity to form relationships with surgeons in your field from other institutions. While guiding your colleagues to improve their practice, you can also be improving your own practice. Many Surgical Coaches also receive coaching from their peers.
All Surgical Coach training course participants earn a Certificate of Surgical Coaching and are eligible to coach surgeons through the Academy. The Academy for Surgical Coaching is committed to compensating every Surgical Coach for their work, whether through financial payments, continuing education credits, or other types of credits for your service to the profession.
Over 10 years, we have developed a curriculum to train surgeons in the key principles of coaching. Our Surgical Coaching curriculum has been tested in multi-center clinical trials and has been shown to be an effective way to catalyze change. In the 6-hour hybrid Surgical Coach training course, you will learn the key principles of surgical coaching, and have many opportunities to practice and get feedback on your new coaching skills. The course is comprised of 4.5 hours of asynchronous didactics that you complete on your own time at your own pace, and concludes with a 90-minute live virtual review and practice session with our faculty.
CME
Award of CME credits by ACS is based on compliance of the program with the ACCME accreditation requirements and does not imply endorsement by ACS of the content, the faculty, or the sponsor of the program.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
Diplomates of the American Board of Surgery
By attending an ACS-accredited activity, you may choose to participate in the automatic transfer of your CME credits to the ABS via the ACCME. The direct automatic transfer applies to all learners who have an American College of Surgeons (ACS) profile, are Diplomates of the ABS, and have provided their ABS ID and date of birth in the ACS MyCME Portal on the Board Certification page.
If you do not already have an American College of Surgeons (ACS) profile (Learner ID), you can create one through the ACS New User Registration Form. This is a free offering for those who have enrolled in an ACS- Accredited educational activity. The ACS ID will grant you access to MyCME where you can track, manage, and send your CME Data to the ABS.
If you need assistance with creating an ACS Learner ID or are not certain if you already have one, please contact Log-In Help.
For more information or to request assistance, contact mycme@facs.org
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
This activity is designed for Surgeons. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
RELEASE, REVIEW AND TERMINATION DATE
DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
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Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition. |
| Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. |
| Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship. |
The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction.
The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
Source: ACCME
Disclosure Information
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible company held in the last 24 months. All reported conflicts are managed by a designated official to ensure a bias-free presentation. Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf of all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Funding for the original development of this project was provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Department of Surgery from the Wisconsin Partnership Program.
The first step for becoming a Surgical Coach is to attend a Surgical Coach training course. Browse our upcoming training courses.
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