Vice Chairs of Education in Departments of Surgery: Responsibilities, Value, and Future Directions
The results of this survey provide insight into the responsibilities and perceived value of the VCE role in surgery. This survey also identified areas of concern which merit intradepartmental examination in order to improve the effectiveness of the VCE role at a local level.
Authors
- Mohsen Shabahang
- Amalia Cochran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4285-8630)
- Brigitte Kristin Smith
- Nicholas E. Anton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-4515)
- Douglas S. Smink
- Elizabeth M. Huffman Cooper
- Dimitrios Stefanidis
- Daniel J. Scott
- Kyla Terhune
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- WellSpan Health (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of surgical education
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103864
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00