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/
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 …
The AAS Ethics Committee continues our 2023 blog series, presenting member’s submissions from this year’s essay contest. We are also delighted to promote the 2024 Art and Essay Festival. Click HERE to learn more about this year’s event and submit your work.\ The first time I tried to outrun it was in the Badlands the summer …
The first time I read the Lancet commission on global surgery report Global Surgery 2030 I was astounded by the numbers: 143 million additional surgical procedures are needed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) yearly, only 6% of surgeries occur in the poorest countries in the world where 33% of the global population lives, and, …
The AAS Ethics Committee continues our 2023 blog series, presenting member’s submissions from this year’s essay contest. We are also delighted to promote the 2024 Art and Essay Festival. Click HERE to learn more about this year’s event and submit your work. “I’m sorry but your non-invasive prenatal screen came back as high risk for Trisomy …
Join us on Tuesday, October 10th at 7 PM ET on Twitter @AcademicSurgery. On this month’s #AASChat led by Dr. Priya Dedhia @priyaknows and Dr. Vikas Dudeja @drvikasdudeja we’ll be discussing Becoming an Independently Funded Basic/Translational Investigator. A few questions that will direct the conversation will include: Question 1 – Do I need a PhD? Question …
Many surgical residents take dedicated time to pursue a research fellowship during training, and one of the most crucial decisions when preparing for this time “in the lab” is choosing the right mentor. The mentor and mentee make a commitment to work together, but mentors have their own personal and professional needs and obligations too, …
The AAS Ethics Committee continues our 2023 blog series, presenting member’s submissions from this year’s essay contest. We are also delighted to promote the 2024 Art and Essay Festival. Click HERE to learn more about this year’s event and submit your work. I was tired. Not simply sleepy, but bone-tired. My body hurt and ached …
Authors: Carlos Theodore Huerta, Alex Hernandez, Brianna Cohen, Chad M. Thorson, Neha Goel, Steven Rodgers, Vanessa W. Hui, and Laurence Sands Medical education has undergone sweeping pedagogical changes over the past few decades with over one-third of US allopathic medical schools having redesigned their curricula as of 2015 [1–3]. Historically, medical institutions utilized the Flexnerian …
