The 2023 Annual ACS-AEI Surgical Simulation Summit was selected as the in-person forum where the ACS-AEI Administration and Management (A&M) Committee’s M.O.R.E. (Management, Operations, Research and Education) Track would present as a part of the Annual Summit’s general session agenda.
Preliminary survey results regarding the 2023 M.O.R.E. programming were very positive. These sessions were designed to introduce cutting-edge content in an engaging and inclusive format for all center personnel, delivered by presenters who are the most familiar with center operations and activities.
Team R.E.S.P.E.C.T., an interactive plenary presentation by A&M Committee members, explored Team Concepts, including:
- Relationships (Lisa Satterthwaite, RPN, ORT, Senior Consultant, University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital)
- Engagement (Susan Carter, MD, FACOG, FACS, Executive Director, Office of SIMS, Rocky Vista University, Healthcare Simulation Center)
- Satisfaction (Julie A. Hartman, DC, MS, CHSE, Operations Director, Center for Procedural Skills and Simulation)
- Professional Development (Dawn Swiderski, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CHSE, FSSH, Assistant Vice-President of Simulation Services, Carolinas Simulation Center, Atrium Health)
- Equity (Jesika S. Gavilanes, MATESOL, Operations Director, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Simulation – Office of the Provost)
- Communication and Trust (Megan Sherman, MAEdHD, Associate Director, University of Washington, WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH))
The committee’s workshop, Do It Yourself Workshop - Model Building, was a hands-on workshop session where participants rotated through model building stations for 4 common surgical procedures:
- Bowel Anastomosis (Julie A. Hartman, DC, MS, CHSE; Jorge Salazar, BA, EMT-B, Bioskills Coordinator; and Joseph Vitelli, PM, Simulation Coordinator, Center for Procedural Skills and Simulation, University of Iowa Health Care)
- Laparoscopic Abdominal Hernia Repair (Lisa Satterthwaite, RPN, ORT)
- Abdominal Wall Open and Closure (Melinda Klar, RN, Administrative Director and Judy Roark, CST, Coordinator/Skills Coach, University of Tennessee Center for Advanced Medical Simulation)
- Abscesses (Jenny Garnett, CST, MFA, Simulation Instructional Designer, University of Washington WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare)
This year’s agenda change afforded the A&M Committee an opportunity to review what would be the most favorable meeting format—plenary or concurrent sessions—going forward, as well as revisit the scope of M.O.R.E. for the most effective delivery of content.
