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/
The AAS Foundation’s fourth annual “Get Off Your AAS” Fitness & Wellness Challenge is just around the corner! This year, the challenge is expanding beyond physical fitness to include wellness, emphasizing mindful activities and social connection. This will be a four-day fitness campaign that will be held from January 12-16, 2024, to help support various …
Join us for our monthly #AASChat on X – tomorrow, December 5th at 8:00 PM Eastern led by Christie Buonpane, MD @clbuonpane and Alessandra Landmann, MD @ale___ssandra . We’ll be discussing “How to Rock the General Surgery Residency Interviews!” A few questions that will direct the conversation will include: What is your favorite interview question and …
The AAS Ethics Committee continues our 2023 blog series, presenting member’s submissions from this year’s essay contest. And a reminder: The 2024 Art and Essay Festival deadline is midnight, Monday, December 4. Click HERE to learn more and submit your work. Authors: Rachael Essig, MD & Ariana Metchik-Gaddis, MD Imagine completing a grueling — more than …
Everyone reading this article already knows about (or will soon become all too familiar with) work relative value units (wRVUs). Through the 1980s, Medicare paid physicians based on “usual and customary” charges. However, this policy was opaque, lacked standardization, and was contributing to disparities in compensation between procedural and non-procedural disciplines. Therefore, over the course …
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought forth a myrad of applications across diverse fields, and academic medicine is no outlier. Among the various AI models, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has faced its share of skepticism. However, when used judiciously, it emerges as a multifaceted tool with promising applications in research, education, and patient care. In …
When we envision a doctor, we often associate them with being a healer, a community leader, or an advocate. Less commonly, we think of doctors as teachers, even though the very term “doctor” originates from the Latin word “docere,” meaning to teach. Throughout our extensive training, you may recall the limited emphasis on teaching during …
Join us for the next #AASChat – This Wednesday, November 15th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time On this month’s #AASChat led by Dr.Victoria Lyo @VictoriaLyo and Dr. Gavitt Woodard @GavittWoodard we’ll be discussing, So You Are a Faculty Member, Now What?. A few questions that will direct the conversation will include: What are tips on balancing …
When I started medical school, I believed it was the busiest time of my life and dreamed of beginning residency, hoping that things would improve as I settled into my chosen specialty. Little did I know that the busy phase of my life had only just begun. As I progressed in my career, my to-do …
In 8th grade, my whole grade had to take a class on public speaking. Our assignment was to write a speech about something that was meaningful to us, and annotate the document so that we could give the speech, convincingly, at the front of the class. So many of my teenage classmates, both the boys …
The value of dedicated research time and making the most of it have been discussed in recent blog posts. But what about the agonized return from research? Returning to clinical residency is something all research residents must face, and for some, this transition may induce understandable anxiety. Thoughts of having lost clinical knowledge and surgical …
