1. PROPOSAL SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - 

Self-retaining retractors are essential to providing and maintaining exposure of target anatomy across surgical specialties. To maximize the function of retractors in the operating room (OR), surgeons must possess the knowledge of retractor types and proper placement for optimal visualization while avoiding patient injury. Despite the criticality of self-retaining retractors for a safe and successful operative experience, there is no known curriculum dedicated to teaching residents about the proper use of retractors. The goal of our project is to design and implement a curriculum to teach surgical residents self-retaining retractor types, proper selection, and optimal placement in a low-stakes simulation-based environment.

1.    PROPOSAL SUMMARY/ABSTRACT

The UCSF Fresno Medical Education and Scholarship Hub (MESH) aims to establish and grow a Community of Practice of faculty medical educators at the UCSF Regional Campuses in Fresno and Merced. Through this new collaboration structure, we plan to promote faculty identity development as medical educators and education researchers, as well as to optimize the learning ecosystem and foster belonging of both trainees and faculty at these regional campuses.

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