Transition To Residency Symposium 2025

As we prepare interns for the transition to residency, it is essential to recognize that safe progression depends on a foundation of trust between faculty and learners. Preparing learners for this step requires more than transmitting knowledge; it means equipping them to be self-directed, to recognize when to seek help, and to embody the qualities of a trusted provider. This, in turn, calls for moving beyond traditional, siloed approaches to assessment toward an integrated, programmatic model that captures performance across time, contexts, and domains. Micro-assessments and workplace-based evaluations offer a more holistic view of competence, while vignette-style key-factor questions provide a powerful lens for assessing clinical judgment and readiness for indirect supervision. Together, these strategies align assessment with the realities of modern practice, ensuring that interns are not only knowledgeable but also truly prepared to be trusted with patient care in increasingly complex settings.

Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM, MBA, is the Associate Dean for Assessment, Improvement, and Accreditation and a Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Alseidi holds national and international positions, including being a past president of the Association of Surgical Education, past president of the Fellowship Council, and a board member of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. He is also a counselor on the American Board of Surgery and has over 270 peer-reviewed publications. 

Clinically, Dr. Alseidi has extensive experience with minimally invasive and open hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and endocrine surgeries. Additionally, he is interested in expanding surgical therapies for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer and splenic preservation techniques. 

A UC, Santa Barbara, and Pennsylvania State University Medical School graduate, Dr. Alseidi completed his general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Following graduation from residency, he served as a surgeon in the US Navy and a Co-director of the Surgery Department at the US Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan. Dr. Alseidi completed an HPB and advanced GI fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and earned a master's degree in surgical education at Southern Illinois University/University of Illinois-UC.