Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)
Inspiring and Developing Young Academic Surgeons
The Academic Surgeon is the official blog of the AAS. We post anywhere from one to three times a week and our contributors will focus on issues relevant to young academic surgeons, residents, fellows, and even medical students.
If you would like to contribute, please submit your post here: https://www.aasurg.org/the-academic-surgeon-blog-submission/
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 …
The mission of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) is to inspire and develop young academic surgeons. This focus was initially directed toward aspiring young surgeons here in the United States, but over the years, the mission of the AAS has become global in scope, crossing multiple borders in the pursuit of equipping the next …
As interest in global health continues to increase, many questions have been raised regarding the appropriateness of well-meaning but sometimes misguided attempts to help in underserved areas, particularly with short-term medical teams. The longer I’ve been involved in global health, the more I cringe when people talk about their trips like they have cured world …
All applications are now open for the 2019-2020 AAS/AASF Awards. We are pleased to offer several travel and research awards – click the links below to learn more and apply: Travel Awards: For the AAS Fall Courses – ten awards for resident/fellow/faculty applicants representing women and/or underrepresented minorities – award includes complimentary registration and a …
Congratulations to Dr. James Yoo — The New Journal of Surgical Research Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Surgery We are pleased to announce that James Yoo, MD, has been selected to serve as the new Associate Editor for the Gastrointestinal Surgery section of the Journal of Surgical Research (JSR); he will be joining our current Associate …
Join the May #AASChat on Tuesday, May 28th @ 8pmEST In one of my leadership training programs a few years ago I interviewed one of the key people involved in our hospital expansion. Her philosophy of leadership resonated with me and serves as the foundation for my own philosophy. This is my write-up of that …
For those interested in global surgery or for those wanting to learn more about this topic, the British Journal of Surgery published a special issue dedicated to this topic in January1. The issue covers an array of key concepts ranging from ethical considerations in global surgery to how clinically relevant technologies can be implemented in …
Surgery plays an essential role in the care of cancer patients. Surgery can be diagnostic, curative, palliative, and even preventative and in fact for many cancers, surgery offers the only chance of cure or long-term survival. But surgery is not available to many who need it. This article aims to briefly describe the burden of …
Colin Martin, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Selwyn Vickers, MD, James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair, Senior Vice President of Medicine and Dean, University of Alabama School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Colin Martin: What is the best way to …
