The Surgical Council on Resident Education

SCORE’s mission is to improve the education of residents in general surgery and related specialties through the development of a national curriculum. SCORE’s primary feature, the SCORE Portal, delivers educational content aligned with the curriculum to residents, fellows and training programs. Many ABS examinations, such as the ABSITE and the General Surgery Qualifying Exam, include content that is aligned with SCORE’s curriculum in order to streamline the learning experience.

The SCORE Curriculum is designed to define the various surgical specialties and provide greater assurance that residents and fellowship trainees are receiving sufficient training in all areas. In addition to the original SCORE Curriculum for General Surgery, SCORE’s offerings have grown to include curriculums for vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, surgical critical care, and surgical oncology.

The SCORE Curriculum for General Surgery focuses on the five years of progressive education and training that constitute general surgery residency in the U.S., after medical school but prior to independent practice, and has been developed in accordance with the six competencies expected of a graduating resident: patient care; medical knowledge; professionalism; interpersonal and communication skills; practice-based learning; and systems-based practice.