University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Ste. E6.200, Dallas, TX, 75390-9092, USA.
The Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Surg Endosc. 2022 Jan;36(1):1-5. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08870-8. Epub 2021 Nov 30.
SAGES partners with the Fellowship Council (FC) to offer fellowships in MIS and flexible endoscopy. The FC has a robust accreditation process for fellowship programs; however, the FC is not able to address certification of individual graduates. This situation is similar to the structure of residencies whereby the ACGME accredits programs but individual board certification is delegated to constituent boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). In light of this gap, sponsoring societies have developed programs for issuing certificates to graduates of fellowship programs who have met predetermined standards. The purpose of this paper is to describe the SAGES Certificate Process for Adv GI MIS and Flexible Endoscopy Fellowships. The SAGES Certificate program was developed through a rigorous process and has undergone recent revision to modernize the certificate criteria. Research has shown that as many as 80% of general surgery graduates go on to complete additional fellowship training. Given the number of graduates who complete this subspecialty training each year, general surgery board certification may not be an appropriate final benchmark. The SAGES certificate program joins a long list of certification pathways for surgical fellowship trainees in ACGME and non-ACGME programs. In the future, SAGES plans to assess competency in all of core content domains with validated assessments.
SAGES 与 Fellowship Council（FC）合作，提供微创外科和灵活内镜检查的奖学金。FC 有一个强大的奖学金项目认证流程；然而，FC 无法解决个别毕业生的认证问题。这种情况类似于住院医师培训的结构，即 ACGME 认证项目，但个别委员会认证则委托给美国医学专业委员会（ABMS）的组成委员会。鉴于这一差距，发起协会已经为符合预定标准的奖学金项目毕业生制定了颁发证书的计划。本文旨在描述 SAGES 高级胃肠道微创外科和灵活内镜检查奖学金证书流程。SAGES 证书计划是通过严格的流程制定的，并最近进行了修订，以实现证书标准的现代化。研究表明，多达 80%的普通外科毕业生会继续完成额外的奖学金培训。鉴于每年有多少毕业生完成这种亚专业培训，普通外科委员会认证可能不是一个合适的最终基准。SAGES 证书计划加入了 ACGME 和非 ACGME 项目中外科奖学金培训生的一系列认证途径。未来，SAGES 计划使用经过验证的评估来评估所有核心内容领域的能力。
