title: Surgical Simulation Centers as Educational Homes for Practicing Surgeons.
abstract: Given the pace of change in surgery today and a growing need to decrease variability in the delivery of health care to optimize quality while minimizing cost, surgeons need an "educational home" where they can return to intermittently through their career to retool. We need as robust of an educational structure to support practicing surgeons as we have for students and postgraduate trainees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation, and Education (MITIE), 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1661, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: mitie@houstonmethodist.org.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Dunkin
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation / Q000639:trends; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000639:trends*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D005544:Forecasting; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D008348:Manikins; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education; D017145:Models, Educational; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States
keywords: Educational home; Practicing surgeons; Retooling