Southern Surgical Association: A Tradition of Mentorship in Translational Research

Metabolic Responses to Severe Burn Injury

ABSTRACT

Management of the metabolic responses to severe burn injury is recognized as a fundamental part of burn care. Definition of burn hypermetabolism is being refined to subcellular and genomic levels, and treatment concepts are need to be refined into increasingly sophisticated strategies.

Skull Base Training and Mentorship

OBJECTIVE

To review teaching and mentoring techniques of experienced skull base surgeons and educators STUDY DESIGN:: Expert commentary.

SETTING

8th Quadrennial International Conference on vestibular schwannoma and other CPA tumors, panel on teaching, and mentoring.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES

Experiences and opinions of experienced skull base surgeons, both neurosurgeons and neurotologists, presented and discussed at the conference.

CONCLUSIONS

Obtaining surgical mastery is essential for the teachers of skull base surgery. Hard work and practice with immediate and constant feedback on performance is an essential component to success. Creating a patient-centered culture that encourages academic achievement is an accelerator for success of a training program. Both the mentor and the mentee must play an intentional and active role to maximize learning.