The Entering Resident Readiness Assessment (ACS ERRA) Leadership Team is responsible for the formulation, research, development, implementation, and maintenance of a national psychometrically rigorous formative assessment of clinical decision-making of entering PGY-1 surgical residents. It works, each year, to ensure the content of the assessment is updated to current best practices and standards, and is scored reflective of these updates. Among its chief aims are to provide meaningful results of decision-making assessment and actionable next steps for remediation to a maximum volume of entering surgery residents and their program directors. Annually, the leadership team convenes with leading PGY-1 surgical program directors to review content, shifts in resident responses to answers, and to formulate strategies to improve the mentorship and training of PGY-1 surgical residents nationally.
Entering Resident Readiness Assessment Leadership Team Roster
Activities
The ACS ERRA leadership team guides the recruitment, training, and work of a group of ERRA authors and scorers trained on the novel key-features approach to surgical assessment. Its members also facilitate the management of all ACS ERRA content and support marketing and promotion efforts through publication, presentations at national conferences, and presence in online marketing materials. The ERRA leadership team is also instrumental in the research and construction of two final score reports for ERRA participants, specific for each resident and program directors alike, which includes a template and worked example of an individual learning plan (ILP).
Resources
Publications
Sullivan ME, Park YS, Liscum K, et al. The American College of Surgeons Entering Resident Readiness Assessment Program: Development and National Pilot Testing Results. Ann Surg. 2020;272(1):194-198. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003241
Park YS, Sachdeva AK, Liscum K, et al. The American College of Surgeons Entering Resident Readiness Assessment (ACS ERRA): Validity Evidence From a Three-Year National Study. Ann Surg. 2023;277(4):704-711. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000005358
Presentations/Workshops
Liscum K, Bordage G, YS. Park YS, et al. Gaining Insights into the Decision-Making Skills of Your Entering Residents. APDS Workshop. Austin, TX, May 2018.
Liscum K, Bordage G, YS. Park YS, et al. Optimizing Assessment Data for Resident and Program Improvement. APDS Workshop. Chicago, IL, April 2019.
Contact
If you have any questions or comments, contact the Committee Staff Liaison, Kevin Wasielewski, at kwasielewski@facs.org.
