The making of a trainee resident into a competent surgeon is challenging. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in the United States mandates six core competencies for residents in training patient care, medical knowledge, practice‐based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems‐based practice.[1] Although surgical competen...

The UC San Diego Department of Ophthalmology and the Shiley Eye Center successfully hosted their first ARVO Networking Event on May 4, 2013 at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Residents, fellows, faculty and alumni joined in this inaugural opportunity to connect with new and past colleagues from around the world. Professor Pamela A. Sample, Ph.D., who had retired from the department ...

The department's chief focus areas are education and training, patient care, and research. M.D. students in the Carver College of Medicine, residents, and fellows benefit from a faculty dedicated to providing thorough training in all aspects of otolaryngology and patient care. Patients in the otolaryngology clinic enjoy access to comprehensive care in any of five subspecialties: pediatric otola...