Whether or not to enter the lab is a common career decision for surgical residents, either for fellowship or professional development opportunities.  Unlike other medical disciplines, surgery is the only discipline where lab years are performed in between clinical years, typically after PGY 2 or 3.  We begin a two-part episode on the role of the surgical scientist to gain insight into the decision making process of entering the lab as a resident, the resources available to novice researchers, and how to ultimately balance a research career with clinical practice as well as family life.  We kick off part 1 with Dr Daithi Heffernan, MD, one of our Trauma, Critical Care Surgeons here at Brown who also maintains a productive research lab focusing on INKT cells in sepsis.   

It's definitely one thing to be in command of a case and tell your first assistant what you need from them.  It's an entirely different scenario when they have to get into the position of taking a junior resident through a case (the art of being a good first assistant and evaluating the decision making of the junior).  We further explore this concept in part 2 of our 3 part series exploring the transition from intra-operative learner to intra-operative teacher

It's definitely one thing to be in command of a case and tell your first assistant what you need from them.  It's an entirely different scenario when they have to get into the position of taking a junior resident through a case (the art of being a good first assistant and evaluating the decision making of the junior).  We explore this concept in what is going to be a 3 part series exploring the transition from intra-operative learner to intra-operative teacher

Chapters: 

(0:00) Introduction 

(1:04) Why should we care about the Cures act 

(5:46) What notes are eligible for sharing 

(10:40) Use of abbreviations 

(14:02) Liability Concerns 

(16:09) Tips and suggestions for writing notes