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ACS Cognitive Simulations: Cases Essential to Surgical Practice

ACS Cognitive Simulations: Cases Essential to Surgical Practice
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Practice critical decision-making skills for improved surgical patient care

Surgeons are faced must make hundreds of decisions correctly each day to provide quality patient care and outcomes for their patients.  ACS Cognitive Simulations: Cases Essential to Surgical Practice is an e-learning product using cognitive simulation to teach PGY-3+ surgical residents how to approach complex decision making and management of surgical problems, from preoperative assessment to perioperative care and management, including complications.. Sharpening these skills through interactive online cases can enhance residents’ ability to care for patients through reinforcing best practices and improving resident self-efficacy.

The product consists of 30 cases scenarios in topics essential to general surgical practice including abdomen, GI, colorectal, hepatobiliary, breast, vascular and endocrine topics. 

Throughout these cases, learners practice critical decisions around patient care and are given feedback for every choice they make, reinforcing correct decisions and providing constructive feedback where necessary.

 

Enrollment and Pricing

This e-learning product is purchased by program directors for PGY3+ residents in their surgical residency programs. Enrollment provides a subscription for each resident and a complimentary administrator account.

Enrollment for 2024-2025 costs $125/resident. Residents have access to 55 case scenarios until June 30, 2025.

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Want to learn more? 

If you are interested in learning how ACS Cognitive Simulations: Cases Essential to Surgical Practice can enhance resident training at your institution, please be in touch.

We will be happy to schedule a webinar where to discuss and demonstrate the program and answer any questions you may have.

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Leadership

Directors
James C. Hebert, MD, FACS
Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS

ACS Staff

Stephanie Hermes
Senior Administrator, ACS FSC

Tim Hotze
E-Learning Software Developer

For any assistance, comments or questions, contact:

Stephanie Hermes
Senior Administrator, ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
Division of Education
shermes@facs.org
312-202-5171