Final Opportunity: Apply for ACS General Surgery Oral Examination Prep Course by October 6

The ACS will be offering the ACS General Surgery Oral Examination Prep Course Tuesday, November 1 and Friday, November 4. This innovative virtual course is specially designed to help candidates prepare for the American Board of Surgery General Surgery Certifying Examination. It will focus on the cognitive elements of responding to oral examination questions, such as rapidly organizing thoughts for presentation, applying decision-making algorithms, and conveying care plans with key decision points and rationale. Applications to participate are due Thursday, October 6.

The didactic content will highlight key concepts essential for responding during oral examinations. Each course participant will complete oral examinations with pairs of senior faculty members who present case scenarios, pose questions based on the scenarios, and provide individualized verbal and written feedback to each participant.

Participants will be expected to be available from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm CT on the day of the course. Visit the course web page and submit the completed application form to ceprepcourse@facs.org no later than October 6 deadline.