Congress Report: The 20th Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

The following is a report on the 20th annual meeting of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) which was held in Toronto from May 3 through 6, 2000. Because Dr. Masahiro Tanabe (School of Medicine, Chiba University), Dr. Takao Morita (Saitama Medical School), and I were the first Japanese to attend this meeting, I will introduce the activities of the ASE and report on this meeting. The ASE was founded in 1980, and its members represent more than 160 medical schools and institutions throughout the United States and Canada. The president of the ASE from 2000 to 2001 is Dr. Nicholas Lang of the University of Arkansas. The educational clearinghouse is located at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The activities include organizing the annual meeting, publishing Focus on Surgical Education, the quarterly newsletter and official publication of the ASE, and distributing resources for surgical education. The ASE's website is at www.surgicaleducation.com, and its official journal is the American Journal of Surgery. The 20th annual meeting was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, under the organization of Dr. Richard Reznick, the president from 1999 to 2000. The meeting consisted of 18 oral and 19 poster presentations, special lectures, workshops, and panel discussions. The importance of education in endoscopic surgery was emphasized in workshops and presentations. We were greatly impressed by the meeting and enjoyed participating in it. The next meeting will be held in Nashville from March 27 through 31, 2001.