RT Journal
A1 Dimick JB, Scheske J, Lemak C
T1 Developing leaders in surgery: Comment on “training future surgeons for management roles”
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2012
FD October 1
VO 147
IS 10
SP 944
OP 945
DO 10.1001/archsurg.2012.1278
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2012.1278
AB 
Leadership training is lacking in current residency training programs. We all have high expectations for our residents, both during and after training, but we do very little in the way of formal education to help them prepare for leadership roles.1 In this issue of Archives, Hanna and colleagues2 describe the results of a precourse-postcourse survey evaluating a 1-day seminar on management topics for surgical residents. The curriculum included topics related to self-management, team building, and business acumen. Not surprisingly, Hanna et al2 found that the senior residents who participated felt that these topics were better addressed after the conference. Hanna et al2 should be commended for their initial efforts to incorporate these neglected topics into residency training. However, we agree with them that a 1-day didactic course is only a start.