do 5 november 2015

• 8:30 - 9:00u Registration

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• 9:00 - 9:05u Welcome and introduction Chair(s): Jelle Ruurda & Marc Besselink

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• 9:05 - 10:25u Session 1: A career in academic surgery Chair(s): Laurents Stassen & Jelle Ruurda

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• 9:05 - 9:25u What is a career in academic surgery? Dirk Gouma
  

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• 9:25 - 9:45u Basics of successful academic research, US view Brian Bednarski
  

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• 9:45 - 10:05u Why get involved with surgical societies? Jacob Greenberg
  

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• 10:05 - 10:25u Q & A

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• 10:25 - 10:40u Coffee and tea

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• 10:40 - 12:40u Session 2: Career development Chair(s): Jacob Greenberg & Emiel Verdaasdonk

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• 10:40 - 11:10u How to prepare as a resident/fellow? Jarmila van der Bilt
  

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• 11:10 - 11:40u Switching from non-academic to academic Laurents Stassen
  

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• 11:40 - 12:00u Switching from academic to non-academic Vincent Nieuwenhuijs
  

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• 12:00 - 12:20u Going international Bas Groot Koerkamp
  

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• 12:20 - 12:40u Q & A

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• 12:40 - 13:10u Keynote lecture: Developing (inter-)national surgical leaders Timothy Pawlik
  

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• 13:10 - 14:20u Lunch

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• 14:20 - 15:40u Session 3: Succeeding in clinical research Chair(s): Timothy Pawlik & Marc Besselink

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• 14:20 - 14:40u Building a research team Hein Gooszen
  

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• 14:40 - 15:00u Setting up and running a multicenter RCT Cormelis van de Velde
  

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• 15:00 - 15:20u Surgical publishing: pearls and pitfalls (BJS view) Marja Boermeester
  

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• 15:20 - 15:40u Q & A

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• 15:40 - 16:00u Coffee and tea

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• 16:00 - 17:40u Session 4: Building and balancing your future Chair(s): George Chang & Emiel Verdaasdonk

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• 16:00 - 16:20u Choosing and being a surgical mentor Inne Borel Rinkes
  

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• 16:20 - 16:40u Maintaining work life balance Harry van Goor
  

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• 16:40 - 17:00u Effective leadership Kees van Laarhoven
  

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• 17:00 - 17:20u How to create a career development plan? Esther Consten
  

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• 17:20 - 17:40u Q & A

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• 17:40 - 18:00u Closing remarks Chair(s): Jelle Ruurda & Marc Besselink

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