C-CASE 2021 HIGHLIGHTS

47 Abstract Presentations

Click here to view the abstracts presented at C-CASE 2022, published in the November 24th Supplement of the Canadian Journal of Surgery. A PDF version can be downloaded here.

2021 Abstract winners

Best Abstract Award - UME:

Max Solish - “Virtual surgical shadowing for undergraduate medical students amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.”

Best Abstract Award - PGME:

Garret Johnson - “Design and validity evidence for a unique endoscopy simulator using a commercial video game.”

Best Abstract Award - Bilingual

Tristan Desrosiers - “Harassment in surgery: assessing differences in perception.”

SPEAKERS

Dave Williams, OC, OOnt, CCFP, FCFP, FRCPC, FRCP, FRCGS

With a passion for healthcare and risk management, prior to entering the Canadian Space Agency’s program, Dr. Dave Williams worked as an emergency room doctor and later as director of emergency services at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Formerly the director for the McMaster Centre for Medical Robotics, where he led a team dedicated to developing innovative technologies to assist the development of local and remote patient care. In July 2011 Dave became President and Chief Executive Officer of Southlake Regional Health Centre. In June 2012 he was inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.

Dave joined an exclusive club when he blasted into space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, and again on Shuttle Endeavour where he walked out into the great beyond. Having also lived and worked in the world’s only underwater ocean laboratory, he became Canada’s first dual astronaut and aquanaut.

Dave is one of the NASA space program’s most accomplished astronauts, setting records in spacewalking. The veteran of two space shuttle missions has logged more than 687 hours in space, including three spacewalks, the highest number of spacewalks ever performed in a single mission. His work with NASA also continued on the ground when the space agency appointed him as director of the Space and Life Sciences Directorate, making Dave the first non-American to hold a senior management position.

Laura snell, MSc, MD, FRCS(C)

Dr. Laura Snell is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon specializing in microsurgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She started her practice at Sunnybrook in 2010 after having completed a Fellowship in Microsurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital and a Masters Degree in Biostatistics at Columbia University. Together with her Sunnybrook partner Dr. Joan Lipa, Dr. Snell established the Sunnybrook Breast Reconstruction program at the Louise Temerty Breast Centre in 2011. Patient education, advocacy, and streamlined multidisciplinary care are uniquely prioritized for breast cancer patients in this program. She has also created a simulation tool for plastic surgery residents to learn how to perform microsurgical anastomoses for free flap breast reconstruction.

Dr. Snell has a keen interest in the promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion in surgery, and has been fortunate to have the platform of both Co-Director for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto, as well as Surgical Lead for EDI within the Department of Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Through these roles, Dr. Snell has introduced EDI education for medical students, surgical residents, and faculty into the regular surgery curriculum. She has also spoken and published in the areas of race representation in surgical education, gender diversity and equity policies in plastic surgery in Canada, and parental leave policies in surgical residency. She is currently on the U of T Temery Faculty of Medicine Diversity Advisory Council, as well as the TASHN anti-racism committee.

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, is the Founding Director of the Division of Education of the American College of Surgeons.  Dr. Sachdeva established this Division, which is responsible for developing and implementing innovative education and training programs for surgeons, surgery residents, medical students, and surgical teams.  Major initiatives launched under Dr. Sachdeva’s leadership have established new benchmarks. These include the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators; Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes (Simulation Centers); Program for Validation and Verification of Surgical Knowledge and Skills; education and training programs to promote expertise and excellence in surgery; cutting-edge simulation-based education and training programs; innovative Patient Education Program; and transformational redesign of the Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program and the Annual Clinical Congress. He has led several major national research and development projects in surgical education and training. Dr. Sachdeva also serves as Adjunct Professor of Surgery at The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.

Dr. Sachdeva has been inducted as a Founding Member of the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators and as Member of the Academy of Fellows of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education. He was awarded the Distinguished Educator Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Association for Surgical Education, and the Margaret Hay Edwards, MD Achievement Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Education by the American Association for Cancer Education. Dr. Sachdeva has served as President of the following national organizations – Association for Surgical Education; American Association for Cancer Education; Council of Medical Specialty Societies; Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education; and Alliance for Clinical Education. 

GOLDEN SCALPEL KEYNOTE speaker

LIANE s. fELDMAN, MD cm, facs, FRCS

Dr. Liane Feldman is the Edward W. Archibald Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at McGill University and Surgeon-in-chief at the McGill University Health Centre.

Dr. Feldman’s clinical focus is minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery. Her patient-centered clinical research program focuses on improving recovery and other outcomes of abdominal surgery. This includes measurement of patient-centered outcomes during surgical recovery; optimization of perioperative care processes; and technology-enabled assessment and improvement of operative performance. Dr. Feldman established a multidisciplinary group implementing evidence-based Enhanced Recovery perioperative care plans at the McGill University Health Centre, which was recognized as a leading practice by Accreditation Canada. She was a James IV Travelling Surgeon and received the Canadian Association for Medical Education National Award. She is a member of the executive council of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) where she is currently serving as President. She has had leadership roles at the Canadian Association of General Surgeons, the Fellowship Council, and the American College of Surgeons, where she co-chaired the ERIN (Enhanced Recovery in NSQIP) collaborative helping hospitals implement care pathways to improve resource use and outcomes.

Dr. Feldman is author of over 300 articles, book chapters and videos and is co-editor of three books including The SAGES/ERAS Society manual on Enhanced Recovery for Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Conference Programme

 POST-PANDEMIC and BEYOND

September 30 & October 1, 2021

ACCREDITATION

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

You may claim a maximum 7.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent participating in the educational program.

CONFERENCE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

▪      Describe current topics in undergraduate surgical education; such as, virtual teaching and learning, medical student preparation for residency, diversity in undergraduate surgical education and surgery clerkship challenges;

▪      Describe current topics in postgraduate surgical education; such as, virtual teaching and learning, resident selection for surgical programs, diversity in residency education and assessment tools;

▪      Describe competency-based medical education in undergraduate and postgraduate education;

▪      Incorporate simulation in undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education;

▪      Discuss learner and surgeon wellbeing, coaching and mentorship;

▪      Determine how artificial intelligence can be applied within a surgical setting;

▪      Describe award-winning basic science and innovative surgical research occurring across Canada;

▪      Describe types of surgical culture and approaches to redefining it.

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