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The ABS has a plethora of materials available for both surgeons and non-surgeons, including examination guides and content outlines, policies related to ABS certification, published journal articles about certification, information for patients, and more.
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Best Practice for Implementation of the SCORE Portal in General Surgery Residency Training Programs
Joshi ART, et. al. J Surg Educ. 2018 Nov;75(6):e11-e16. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.04.014.
Use of Entrustable Professional Activities in the Assessment of Surgical Resident Competency
Wagner JP, Lewis CE, Tillou A, et al. JAMA Surg. 2018 Apr 1;153(4):335-343. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.4547.
Is There Gender Bias on the American Board of Surgery General Surgery Certifying Examination? (free access).
Ong TQ, Kopp JP, Jones AT, Malangoni MA. J Surg Res. 2019 May;237:131-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.06.014.
Failure on the American Board of Surgery Examinations of General Surgery Residency Graduates Correlates Positively with States’ Malpractice Risk
Dent DL, Al Fayyadh MJ, Rawlings JA, Hassan RA, Kempenich JW, Willis RE, Stewart RM. Failure on the American Board of Surgery Examinations...
What Can SCORE Web Portal Usage Analytics Tell Us About How Surgical Residents Learn?
Joshi ART, et. al. J Surg Educ. 2017 Nov-Dec;74(6):e133-e137. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.10.002.
Perspective of the FIRST Trial investigators on Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education changes in resident work environment and duty hours.
Bilimoria KY, Hoyt DB, Lewis F. JAMA Surg. 2017;152(10):903-4. For the seven additional FIRST Trial studies published in February 2017, see www.thefirsttrial.org.
Comparison of Canadian and Swiss Surgical Training Curricula: Moving on Toward Competency-Based Surgical Education
Hoffmann H, Oertli D, Mechera R, et al. J Surg Educ. 2017 Jan-Feb;74(1):37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.07.013.
General surgery resident rotations in surgical critical care, trauma, and burns: what is optimal for residency training?
Napolitano LM, Biester TW, Jurkovich GJ, Buyske J, Malangoni MA, Lewis FR. Am J Surg. 2016;212(4):629-37.
Understanding the operative experience of the practicing pediatric surgeon.
Abdullah F, et al. JAMA Surg. 2016;151(8):735-41