title: Gearing up for milestones in surgery: Will simulation play a role?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Consortium of American College of Surgeons-Accredited Education Institutes was created to promote patient safety through the use of simulation, develop new education and technologies, identify best practices, and encourage research and collaboration.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the 7th Annual Meeting of the Consortium, leaders from a variety of specialties discussed how simulation is playing a role in the assessment of resident performance within the context of the Milestones of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as part of the Next Accreditation System.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report presents experiences from several viewpoints and supports the utility of simulation for this purpose.
authors.affiliation: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Electronic address: aimee.gardner@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Aimee K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.affiliation: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Residency Review Committee for Surgery, Burlington, VT.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mellinger
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frey-Vogel
authors.affiliation: Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
authors.forename: Raymond P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Ten Eyck
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
authors.forename: Bradley R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Lahey Center for Professional Development and Simulation, Burlington, MA.
authors.forename: Lelan F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Sillin
authors.affiliation: American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Ajit K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D000066908:Simulation Training; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States