The following institutions have successfully met the program requirements of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes, and as a result are accredited as Level I ACS Accredited Education Institutes. Program requirements include standards for learners, curriculum, and technical support and resources including a demonstration of program effectiveness, specific personnel requirements, and accreditation by the LCME, ACGME, ACCME or their international equivalents.
Simulation and Skills Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Institute for Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Centre of Excellence for Surgical Education and Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Minimally Invasive Surgery Education Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, California
The University of New Mexico Health Science Center, BATCAVE Medical Simulation Program, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation (ISIS), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
One of the goals of this ACS program is to build a community of institutions interested in furthering surgical education. Therefore, for those institutions willing to share information about their program, contact information is available at http://www.facs.org/education/accreditationprogram/list.html.
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