The Department of Surgery has a strong reputation for providing competitive and comprehensive training for surgical residents, fellows and teaching medical students. Our department’s educational mission is to cultivate future leaders in surgery and expand our established educational programs that provide medical students, surgical residents and fellows with advanced exposure to surgical techniques.
Continuing Medical Education Courses & Events >>
We offer a variety of continuing medical education courses and events throughout the year.
Online Medical Education >>
The Department of Surgery at University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to offer two kinds of online medical education.
- Surgery Grand Rounds
- Voice & Swallow Clinics Lecture Series
- GlovesOn
- Outreach Talks
- UW Telementoring
Our online surgery Grand Rounds are offered each year, September through May, for free CE credit with self-assessment.
Our Voice & Swallow Clinics Lecture Series is comprised of expert lectures recorded live during private offerings held at the UW Voice & Swallow Clinic that you can review to earn CEU credit year round.
Learn more about our Voice & Swallow Clinics Lecture Series.
The GlovesOn goal is to educate the region’s surgeons on techniques available at UW Health to expand and enhance their surgical practice.
Our doctors are available to speak on a variety of surgery topics for your monthly or weekly journal clubs, case conferences, grand rounds and tumor boards.
Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an international telehealth initiative that connects the surgical specialists in the UW Department of Surgery with the primary care providers across the region. Via a regularly scheduled videoconference, UW specialists provide education and lead a collaborative discussion on submitted patient cases.