Womens Surgeon Forum: From Dreams to Reality: The Transformation of a Woman Surgeon

Thursday, September 26, 2024

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: Mediterranean Salon 1, Lobby Level

CE: 3

Member Speaker(s)

Disclosure(s):

Valerie Sheridan, DO, FACOS, DFACOS, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose

Karla Witzke, DO, FACOS: Olympus: Speaker per diem (Ongoing)

Nicole Szell, DO, FACOS: No relevant disclosure to display

Demonstrate opportunities and challenges for becoming a surgeon as a medical student
Acquire a solid foundation of fundamental surgical knowledge and technical skills and identify how to apply them to enter into a surgical training program.
Define an adverse event versus a sentinel event
Demonstrate how to deconstruct perfectionism
Describe a secondary victim
Identify areas of transformation from student to surgeon to leader