Our mandate

We stand for excellence, innovation, and collaboration in education.

We assume that:

• Physicians are learners who seek to learn and improve patient care. They want to achieve the best patient outcomes.
• Change is essential to surgical practice.
• Education is the catalyst for change.

We believe in:

• Best practice in design, implementation, and evaluation
• Measurable educational outcomes
• Teamwork
• Innovation and technology to support education
• Quality as a differentiator

We achieve this by:

• Bringing together clinical and educational expertise
• Applying sound adult education principles
• Developing competency-based curricula based on backward planning
• Providing faculty development
• Creating and delivering high-quality educational resources
• Conducting educational research