Resources

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.

The ABS policies listed on this website are the current ones in effect and supersede all previous versions. The ABS reserves the right to make changes to all policies at any time.

Public Reporting of Status

Policy that describes the information that is made publicly available about surgeons who are certified by the ABS.

Medical License Requirement Policy

Policy outlining the different medical license requirements for initial certification and Continuous Certification.

ABS Welcomes 3 New Directors to Its Specialty Boards

The ABS is pleased to welcome three new directors to its specialty boards, whose terms began in September 2024.

General Surgery EPA Clinical Competency Committee Guide

This document is intended to be a resource for general surgery program Clinical Competency Committees (CCCs) to utilize when reviewing trainee performance with...

ABS and AOBS Announce Collaboration on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Focused Practice Designation Examination

Beginning with the 2025 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Focused Practice Designation Examination, surgeons certified by either the ABS or the AOBS meet the...

Flexible Rotation Requests

Trainees may customize up to 12 months of rotations in the last 36 months of general surgery residency to allow for “early tracking”...

Exam Admissibility Policies

Policies outlining examination admissibility time limits for initial certification by the ABS in general surgery, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, complex general surgical oncology,...

Milestone Mapping – General Surgery EPAs

This document will aid programs in mapping each of the ABS general surgery EPAs to the applicable ACGME Surgery Milestones.

Clinically Inactive Policy

Surgeons who are clinically inactive are working in an administrative or research setting and are no longer seeing patients.

ABS EPA App™ Dashboard Guide – General Surgery

A visual guide on how to utilize the web-based dashboards for ABS EPA app data.