Surgery Missions and Goals

MISSION:

Providing medical education and training to medical students and physicians at all career levels, with special commitment to training surgeons with ethnic backgrounds consonant with the population of Texas.

1. Develop specific mission and vision statements for residency programs

1. Accomplished

2. Appoint an Education Committee

2. Accomplished

3. Develop an Education Office

3. Accomplished

4. Develop curricula for:
   • medical students
   • residents
   • program graduates

4. Accomplished and ongoing

5. Improve the evaluation process for medical students and residents to give feedback

5. Accomplished and ongoing

6. Surgery Resident RRC Accreditation

6. Accomplished

7. Develop teaching awards for residents and faculty

7. Accomplished

8. Use formal feedback from residents and students to improve faculty teaching

8. Accomplished

MISSION:

Conducting biomedical and other health-related research into surgical problems and diseases, specifically those prevalent in Texas. These problems include but are not limited to trauma, cancer, biliary tract conditions, vascular, cardiovascular, prostate/urology, plastic surgery, and organ transplantation.

1. Increase and improve the research program; identify core areas of interest: basic clinical educational

1. Report of current research activities complete

2. Develop tumor bank

2. Underway

3. Increase funded lab space

3. Requested

MISSION:

Delivering exemplary quality surgical care to designated primary, secondary, and referred tertiary care patients.

1. Hire permanent chair

1. Accomplished

2. Improve faculty documentation of care rendered to patients

2. Ongoing

3. Improve faculty education regarding proper documentation

3. Ongoing

4. Develop compliance measures

4. Accomplished

5. Define space needs based on programmatic development; improve efficient function

5. Ongoing

6. Increase training for staff

6. Partially accomplished

7. Develop a process for faculty review

7. Accomplished

8. Develop pediatric liver transplant program

8. Accomplished

9. Develop pediatric trauma/surgical critical care program

9. Underway

10. Develop integrated trauma program with the military for the city/region

10. Ongoing

11. Develop full-service plastic surgery program

11. Underway

12. Develop vascular surgery program to include community faculty and endovascular services

12. Faculty being recruited; underway

13. Develop interdisciplinary cancer program in breast, prostate, and alimentary tract

13. Underway

14. Improve delivery of services in the Emergency Center

14. Ongoing

15. Endorse and promote the concept of multispecialty group practice

15. Accomplished

16. Decentralize the budget development process to give each division responsibility to create and to manage its own budget

16. Underway