Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons August 2022

This year’s Resident and Associate Society (RAS) Special Issue focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged surgical education, training, and careers. The ACS’s proactive responses to these issues are described. Specific articles include:

  • Introduction: As COVID-19 Continues, Residents and Early Practice Surgeons Face Ongoing Challenges
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Significantly Affects Resident Wellness
  • The Importance of Advocacy Increased during the Pandemic
  • COVID-19 a Gamechanger for Surgical Education in Residency

Other highlights in the August issue:

Features

  • RAS-ACS Symposium: Have EHRs Led to Better Care or Bigger Burdens in Surgical Practice?
  • Back to Business: State Affairs Mid-Year Update
  • Profiles in ACS Leadership: Yewande Alimi, MD, MHS

Departments

  • Executive Director’s Update: Scut Work and Coffee Bars
  • ACS Cancer Research Program: Studying Patient-Reported Observations on Timeliness of Breast Services
  • Coding and Practice Management Corner: Frequently Asked Questions about CPT Coding
  • DEI in Action: Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program Tackles Disparities in Eye Care

News

  • ACS Verifies First 25 Quality Verification Program Hospitals
  • COT Mentoring Day Builds Bonds to Support Early Career Surgeons
  • In Memoriam: Dr. C. Thomas Thompson, Renowned Trauma Surgeon
     

Target Audience

All members of the ACS, including:

  • Medical students
  • Residents
  • Practicing surgeons
  • Retired surgeons
  • Members of the surgical care team

Learning Objectives

To provide readers with information they can apply as leaders of their institutions and in their daily practices, as well as timely updates on ACS activities and initiatives.

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Certificate of Completion
Course opens: 
08/01/2022
Course expires: 
10/31/2022

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

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The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.

Financial Relationships

Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.  ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

Conflict of Interest

Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity.  Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation. 

Editorial Committee Disclosures

Diane Schneidman, Editor-in-Chief - Nothing to disclose

Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Accreditation

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

The American College of Surgeons designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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CME Credit Claiming Information

All learners must complete the course evaluation in order to claim a CME Certificate or a Certificate of Completion. Participants may only claim a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per month.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Certificate of Completion
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