Grand Rounds

There are weekly Morbidity and Mortality conferences with Grand Rounds to follow every Monday morning. Didactic lectures occur every Friday morning with simulation lab to follow in a state-of-the art simulation center. These sessions are protected education time for all residents. We follow the SCORE curriculum with weekly quizzes from question banks in SCORE and True Learn. Residents have access to core surgical textbooks and peer-reviewed journals through Howard University’s Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library. Video-based education, clinical scenarios, mock oral exams, journal club, and a cadaver lab that focuses on index dissections and anatomic exposures relevant to general surgery, complement our hands-on simulation lab curriculum. All residents can expect to be FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery) and FES (Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery) certified before graduation. We also have a robust Robotic Surgery program that allows residents the opportunity for robotic Console Surgeon certification.