Chief Residents: Participate in ACS Oral Examination Prep Course for Individualized Guidance

The new ACS General Surgery Oral Examination Prep Course, piloted last year to rave reviews, is being offered again in 2022. . Applications are due by Wednesday, May 25, for the  opportunity to participate on Tuesday, June 21

Under the leadership of Course Chair L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM, ACS Past-President, and Course Vice-Chair E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS, ACS President-Elect, the course is designed to help prepare candidates for the general surgery certifying examination. The 1-day virtual course focuses on strategies that chief residents can use to develop concise patient care plans in response to oral case scenarios, convey care plans including key decision points and rationale, and interact with examiners. Didactic sessions highlight key concepts essential for responding during oral examinations, such as thought organization, decision-making algorithms, initial clinical presentation, imaging/lab results, operative versus non-operative approaches, expected outcomes and management of complications, longitudinal care, and elective scenarios. The most common pitfalls, error prevention, and error recovery in the context of an oral examination also are addressed.

Most of the course time is devoted to simulated oral examinations that address the breadth of general surgery content. Each candidate participates in several mock oral examinations with two faculty members and is provided individualized verbal and written feedback regarding each case scenario and each examination session overall. Drs. Britt and Ellison are joined by other faculty experienced in administering oral examinations and providing feedback.

The course has reached capacity and is closed to registrations.