Residents Discuss Ongoing Challenges Stemming from COVID-19 in August Bulletin

The August Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons is now available online. This annual special issue, featuring articles by members of the Resident and Associate Society of the ACS (RAS-ACS), describes the unique, ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic that have affected education, training, and the transition to practice for residents and early career surgeons.

In the issue’s cover story, three RAS-ACS leaders—Vice-Chair Julia Coleman, MD, MPH, Chair Yewande Alimi, MD, MHS, and Secretary Kaitlin Ritter, MD—review how the pandemic was an unprecedented stressor on surgeons-in-training and describe two RAS-ACS surveys that probed the effects.

Other RAS-ACS articles include:

• COVID-19 Pandemic Significantly Affects Resident Wellness
• The Importance of Advocacy Increased during the Pandemic
• The New Normal: ACS Associate Fellows Continue to Feel the Effects of COVID-19
• COVID-19 was a Gamechanger for Surgical Education in Residency and Beyond
• COVID-19 Changed How We Engage with Our Professional Societies and Each Other
• The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Transition to Virtual Learning Had a Profound Effect on Medical Student Education

Additional highlights of the August issue:

• Executive Director Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, discusses Scut and the Other Side of the Pandemic
• DEI in Action: Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program Tackles Disparities in Eye Care
• Coding and Practice Management Corner: Frequently Asked Questions about CPT Coding
• In Memoriam: C. Thomas Thompson, Renowned Trauma Surgeon

Read the full August issue.