Surgical Education Fellow
fellowshipWe are recruiting for a Surgical Education Fellow to begin July 2023 at the Goodman Surgical
Education Center (GSEC) in the Department of Surgery at the Stanford University School of
Medicine. This is a funded two-year position intended for a current surgical resident
between the 2nd and 3rd or 3rd and 4th post-graduate year in General Surgery.
This is an American College of Surgeons – Education Institutes Accredited Fellowship in
Simulation and Education in Surgery. The intent of the fellowship is to equip surgeons with the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for leadership positions in undergraduate and graduate
medical education.
This fellowship program has trained surgical residents in education for over ten years and has
established a track record in mentoring education research arcs, outstanding teachers, and careers
in surgical education.
The fellowship consists extensive opportunities in education research, formal training in grant
writing, medical education, curriculum design and implementation, program evaluation, and
simulation as a teaching method. Opportunities to be involved in the administrative side of
sim center operations are offered, active involvement in teaching medical students on the
surgical clerkship is expected.