The Academic Surgeon

Attention surgery RESIDENTS or FELLOWS in Cardiothoracic, Vascular, Orthopedics, Urology, Plastics and Otolaryngology: Funding Available for Registration for the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Fall Courses, immediately preceding the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Apply to receive free registration to the: AAS Fall Courses – “30th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course & 15th Annual Early Career Development Course” […]

The AAS/AASF Awards application period is coming to a close for this year’s Travel awards for Fall Courses, the 2020 ASC and 4 international conferences – don’t miss these great opportunities! Share this information with your colleagues! Closing Monday, July 29 (applications close at 11:59pm PST) AAS Fall Courses Travel Awards Ten travel awards are […]

“Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory…you have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story,” George Washington warns a young, scrappy, and hungry Alexander Hamilton near the end of Act One of “Hamilton.” Having just seen the musical for the third time […]

Join the Tweetchat tomorrow – at #AWSchat, co-sponsored by The Association of Women Surgeons and the AAS – discussing the effects of #MeToo and #TimesUp in healthcare. Monday July 15th at 8 pm Eastern . The #MeToo movement, with its growing visibility over the last year, has brought to the forefront the near ubiquitous prevalence […]

During a medical simulation, novice students have limited available working memory resources to learn new information.1  In addition, different elements of simulation-based medical education additively place a strain on students’ working memory by increasing their cognitive load, which competes with the information they are trying to learn (e.g., listening to faculty presentations + doubt and […]