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.

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The American Board of Surgery Maintenance of Certification Program: building on past successes.

Malangoni M. JAMA Surg. 2015;150(8):697-8.
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Review courses for the American Board of Surgery certifying examination do not provide an advantage.

Jones AT, Biester TW, Lewis FR Jr, Malangoni MA. Surgery. 2015;158(4):890-6.
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Practice administration training needs of recent general surgery graduates.

Klingensmith ME, Cogbill TH, Samonte K, Jones A, Malangoni MA. Surgery. 2015;158(3):773-6.
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Making the case for investigating flexibility in duty hour limits for surgical residents.

Bilimoria KY, Hoyt DB, Lewis F. JAMA Surg. 2015;150(6):503-504.
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Association of the 2011 ACGME resident duty hour reform with general surgery patient outcomes and with resident examination performance.

Rajaram R, et al. JAMA. 2014;312(22):2374-84.
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Statement on surgical pre-residency preparatory courses (free access).

American Board of Surgery; American College of Surgeons; Association of Program Directors in Surgery; Association for Surgical Education. J Am Coll Surg. 2014;219(5):851-2....
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Protecting patients while advancing education.

Malangoni MA. J Am Coll Surg. 2014;219(4):787.
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Quality: the key to surgery’s future.

Rikkers LF, Hoyt DB, Flum DR, Malangoni MA. Ann Surg. 2014;260(4):567-76.
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Study habits centered on completing review questions result in quantitatively higher American Board of Surgery In-Training Exam scores

Chang D, et. al. J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec;71(6):e127-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.07.011.
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Using the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination to predict board certification: a cautionary study.

Jones AT, Biester TW, Buyske J, Lewis FR, Malangoni MA. J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec;71(6):e144-8.
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