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  • Abcarian Lecture to highlight pathways to zero harm

    October 6, 2020
    Abcarian Lecture to highlight pathways to zero harm

    James Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS, will share strategies that further continuous surgical quality improvement in the Herand Abcarian Lecture: Quality, Leadership, and Zero Harm. “Quality is the bedrock, it requires leadership, and the result is zero harm,” he says.

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  • Excelsior/Churchill lecturer: COVID-19 underscores the need for a comprehensive digital strategy to improve access to care

    October 6, 2020
    Excelsior/Churchill lecturer: COVID-19 underscores the need for a comprehensive digital strategy to improve access to care

    Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Jonathan Woodson, MD, FACS, USAR, will discuss how technology has accelerated the pace of change for health care delivery in the Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture.

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  • Scudder Oration lecturer links changing training paradigms to growing discomfort outside of specialization

    October 6, 2020
    Scudder Oration lecturer links changing training paradigms to growing discomfort outside of specialization

    In this year’s Scudder Oration on Trauma: I’m Not Comfortable with This, Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS, explores the mindset behind a refrain that has become increasingly common as specialization grows in medicine.

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  • Jonasson lecturer encourages surgeons to leverage technology disruptions of pandemic for professional growth

    October 6, 2020
    Jonasson lecturer encourages surgeons to leverage technology disruptions of pandemic for professional growth

    Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, FACS, challenges the surgery community to find innovative ways to interact online in the Olga M. Jonasson Lecture: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste: Continuing Professional Development in COVID-19.

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  • Panel explores trending issues in surgical patient safety

    October 6, 2020
    Panel explores trending issues in surgical patient safety

    Panelists including Heather L. Evans, MD, MS, FACS, offer insight into Hot Topics in Surgical Patient Safety such as protocols for personal protective equipment in the operating room during the COVID-19 pandemic, strategies to prevent surgical site infections, and more.

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  • Panel looks at effects of, and solutions for, conflict in the OR

    October 6, 2020
    Panel looks at effects of, and solutions for, conflict in the OR

    Disruptive, unprofessional behavior in the OR has real consequences. Nicolas C. Restrepo, MD, and Larry Harmon, PhD, discussed the PULSE 360 feedback tool in a panel session addressing this pervasive problem.

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  • Panelists promote strategies for surgeon wellness and resilience

    October 6, 2020
    Panelists promote strategies for surgeon wellness and resilience

    John Chuck, MD, PhD, FACS, and other panelists address methods to promote surgeon wellness and prevent burnout.

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  • Teaching Time: Surgeon educators discuss the critical need to educate residents and improve autonomy

    October 6, 2020
    Teaching Time: Surgeon educators discuss the critical need to educate residents and improve autonomy

    Drs. Rebecca W. Schroll, Keith Delman, and Mary Klingensmith discuss the critical need for academic surgeons to spend time teaching trainees amid all the other demands placed on these surgeons.

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  • Residents debate unionization at RAS Symposium

    October 6, 2020
    Residents debate unionization at RAS Symposium

    Brooke Bredbeck, MD, and Sriram Rangarajan, MD, join the debate Resident Unionization: Future of Resident Advocacy or Deterioration of Our Profession? in the RAS-ACS Symposium.

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  • ACS Medical Student Program identifies COVID-19-related challenges for medical education

    October 6, 2020

    The Medical Student Program, which convened virtually on Sunday, October 3, was developed specifically for medical students considering a career in surgery. Sponsored by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) […]

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  • Commission on Cancer announces 2020 Paper Competition winners

    October 6, 2020
    Commission on Cancer announces 2020 Paper Competition winners

    Eugene Cone, MD, and Xiang Gao, MD, MPH, share first-place honors in the Commission on Cancer’s annual Cancer Research Paper Competition. They were selected from a field of 97 submitted papers.

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  • SESAP® 17 and SESAP 17 Advanced provide new level of educational value

    October 6, 2020
    SESAP® 17 and SESAP 17 Advanced provide new level of educational value

    The Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program (SESAP®) 17 Advanced content builds on the same educational foundations as SESAP 17. Both provide the highest caliber surgical education content for practicing surgeons.

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  • New CME opportunities available today

    October 6, 2020

    Attendees of the virtual Clinical Congress can maximize their educational experience with the more than 40 sessions offering AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and 10 sessions designated as offering Credit to Address Regulatory Mandates on today’s schedule.

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