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.

Surgical Critical Care Continuous Certification Readmission Exam Content Outline

Approximate percentage of questions on each topic that are included on the Surgical Critical Care Continuous Certification Readmission Examination.

What They Are Not Telling Us: Analysis of Nonresponders on a National Survey of Resident Well-Being

Cardell CF, Yuce TK, Zhan T, Eng JS, Cheung EO, Etkin CD, Amortegui D, Jones A, Buyske J, Bilimoria KY, Hu YY. What...

SCORE Curriculum Outline for Complex General Surgical Oncology

Lists patient care topics to be covered in a two-year surgical oncology training program.

SCORE Curriculum Outline for Surgical Critical Care

Lists patient care topics to be covered in a one-year surgical critical care training program.

SCORE Curriculum Outline for Pediatric Surgery

Lists patient care topics to be covered in a two-year pediatric surgery training program.

SCORE Curriculum Outline for Vascular Surgery

Lists patient care topics to be covered in a five-year integrated or two-year independent vascular surgery training program.

SCORE Curriculum Outline for General Surgery

The SCORE Curriculum Outline for General Surgery is a list of topics to be covered in a five-year general surgery residency training program.

Re-entry to Continuous Certification

Policy regarding re-entry to Continuous Certification for diplomates who are not in compliance with certification requirements.

General Surgery Program Director Update – October 2022

With the 2022-2023 academic year underway, the ABS would like to remind programs of our policies and alert them to several changes to...

ABS Welcomes Nine New Directors to its Specialty Boards

The ABS is pleased to welcome nine new directors to its specialty boards.