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/
Soliciting and receiving feedback is an essential component of leadership and professional development, particularly in the context of graduate medical education. For female surgical trainees, obtaining constructive feedback from colleagues and superiors may be more challenging than for their male counterparts. Women in the workplace are 1.4 times as likely to receive critical subjective feedback, …
Love it or hate it, writing is the currency of academia. Grants, protocols, and manuscripts are all types of writing that the successful academic surgeon must produce, both in high quantity and quality. A busy or unpredictable clinical practice can make it difficult to write well. Below are some practical tips for academic surgeons to …
I’m now mid-way through my fourth year as faculty and I did something this year for the first time over twelve years spanning medical school, general surgery residency, fellowship, and the first few years of my faculty position—I’ve never completely unplugged from work and really allowed myself to become immersed in vacation. Maybe part of …
There is a considerable amount of interest amongst students and residents to do research, publish and be productive, however less than half actually do. While taking a research project from inception to publication can seem like a daunting task it is certainly something almost any student or resident can do. I find that one of …
On August 22nd 2016, the American Board of Surgery (ABS) announced the newly defined category minimum numbers approved by the RRC-Surgery for residents graduating in the 2017-2018 academic year.1 An increase in the minimum number of total operative procedures from 750 to 850 procedures was approved. There was also an increase in the minimum number …
First there were competencies, the fairly abstract and theoretical “big buckets” of skills the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) defined in 2003 that graduates of residency training should be proficient in. Partially in response to faculty members’ concerns that they weren’t sure how to adequately assess their residents’ “systems-based practice” or “practice-based learning …
There is much excitement surrounding the upcoming Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Jacksonville! Thank you to the Program Chairs, Dr. Becke White and Dr. Eugene Kim, and ASC Core Committee for their amazing work in putting together such an engaging program! As we approach the final days leading up to the ASC, I wanted to …
The 2018 Academic Surgical Congress is two weeks away! In preparation for this meeting, Dr. Eugene Kim, Recorder for the AAS and Program Co-Chair for the 2018 Congress has created a great video for session moderators, full of tips on how best to moderate and facilitate your sessions. Click the image below to access this …
The Association for Academic Surgery recently presented the 13th Annual Early Career Development Course (ECDC) in La Jolla, CA, on October 21, 2017. This course occurs every year on the Saturday before the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. I have been fortunate to attend this outstanding course as a resident, again as a fellow, …
It was a beautiful sunny morning (as most mornings are in San Diego, I assume) when 161 faculty and attendees gathered for the 28th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course at the University of California, San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery. One noticeable advantage of hosting the course in SoCal was apparent immediately, …
