ACS Brief

Surgery Residents from around the World Discuss Access to Well-Being Resources

The well-being of surgeons is increasingly recognized as a significant element of patient outcomes and surgeon career satisfaction, but different countries have different perspectives on the need to provide well-being resources for residents.

The ACS International Relations Committee recently hosted a webinar to discuss what well-being resources residents can access worldwide, featuring residents across the world discussing wellness and well-being in their countries, what resources are or are not available to residents, and how these options affect residents.

Surgeons Discuss Social Determinants of Outcomes Disparity among Pediatric Solid Tumor Patients

In the latest episode of The Operative Word from JACS podcast, Lillian Erdahl, MD, FACS, is joined by Dai Chung, MD, FACS, from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. They discuss Dr. Chung's recent study, which demonstrates that poor health outcomes among pediatric solid tumor patients are associated with minority race and residence in rural or border regions, and that the 5-year rate mortality rises with increasing area deprivation score.