DIDACTICS

Protected time for resident education occurs on Tuesdays (7:00-9:30a) and Thursdays (7:00- 8:00a). Our residents participate in a wide range of educational conferences; a typical month can be seen below:

Tuesday Conferences	Thursday Conferences
Craniofacial Trauma	Indications
Hand Conference	M&M
Resident-Led Didactics	Journal Club
	Grand Rounds/Visiting Professors

BIOSKILLS

Our residents have the opportunity to delve further into any procedure or familiarize themselves with anatomy with access to the state-of-the-art cadaver lab at the Northwell Health Bioskills Education Center. Utilizing fresh-frozen cadavers, the residents participate in regularly- scheduled dissection lab sessions throughout the year. Recent Bioskills education topics include:

• Facial Feminization
• Male-to-female gender reassignment
• Workhorse flaps (RFF, Rectus abdominus, ALT, SCIP, DCIA)
• Essential craniofacial procedures (Monobloc advancements, genioplasty, BSSO, split calvarium harvest)
• Upper extremity flaps
• Free fibula
• Chest Vessel Dissection for DIEP recipients

In addition to sessions conducted by house attendings, our visiting professors often take the residents into the lab for a hands-on learning experience on the day of their visit. A list of visiting professors can be found here.