July 2010
Features
Health care policy and the future of surgery (245K PDF)
Health care policy and advocacy: A call to arms for residents and associates (145K PDF)
The modern history of U.S. health care reform: A primer for practicing surgeons, residents, and associate fellows (175K PDF)
Preparing surgeons for a seat at the health care policy table: A proposal for a longitudinal health care policy curriculum during surgical training (210K PDF)
Addressing workforce issues with foreign medical graduates (185K PDF)
Modern surgical communication and the practice of surgery (190K PDF)
Do more requirements make a better surgeon? (140K PDF)
2010 Clinical Congress Preliminary Program (11,150K PDF)
Departments
State STATs: Scope of practice overview (100K PDF)
Socioeconomic tips: Billing for E/M services during the global period
News
2010 COT Residents Trauma Papers Competition winners announced (110K PDF)
Trauma meetings calendar (45K PDF)
JACS Editor-in-Chief named president-elect of ASA (60K PDF)
Midwest surgeon leaders engage in advocacy development at conference (75K PDF)
College advocacy agenda advances through the AMA (125K PDF)
2010 Japan and German Exchange Travelers announced (75K PDF)
2010 Health Policy Scholars announced (180K PDF)
Surgical professionalism panels offered at Congress (60K PDF)
ACS resident research scholarships are available (50K PDF)
Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons: Instructions to authors (135K PDF)
NTDB® data points: Going downhill
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