To develop educational resources that will lessen the burden of teaching on residents and improve medical student experiences on surgical clerkships.

This is a descriptive study of a resource developed at our institution to improve resident to medical student teaching.

This was conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an academic teaching hospital in Boston, MA.

General surgery residents and second- and third-year medical students rotating on general surgery during their clerkship experience.

A repository of premade chalk talks decreases the burden on residents of teaching medical students, increases the quality of their teaching, and improves medical student experiences rotating on surgery during clerkships.

Premade chalk talks offer a valuable and novel resource to residents, enabling them to provide higher quality teaching with less preparation.