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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Clinical Congress 2024

Didactic and Skills Courses

All Postgraduate (PG) Courses (Didactic and Skills) are ticketed and require a separate fee in addition to registering for the meeting (required). Participation is limited and seats are filled on a first-come, first-processed basis. Note: No refund requests for PG Course fees will be accepted after September 30, 2024.

Most of the Postgraduate Courses will have two parts. Part 1 will consist of virtual study materials provided to registrants prior to the Part 2 in-person course presented onsite.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for PG Courses may be claimed after completing all requisite parts of a course. To claim CME Credits, participants must complete the course evaluation and the global evaluation.

Course Listings

View listings for the Didactic and Skills Courses available at Clinical Congress 2024. On these pages, you will find course descriptions, date and time, chairs, and fees.

Didactic Courses Skills Courses
Postgraduate Course Fee Categories

Fellow/Associate Fellow

A surgeon who is a Fellow or Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Guest Physician

A practicing physician who is not currently a member of the ACS

Resident

Any verified resident. Registering for Clinical Congress grants automatic membership to verified residents and medical students. 

Healthcare Teammate

A Nurse, Office Manager, or Technician

ACS System for Verification of Knowledge and Skills

The ACS Board of Regents has approved a five-level model for verification and documentation of knowledge and skills by the Division of Education, following participation in the educational programs of the College. This model provides a framework for designing and implementing educational courses based on principles of contemporary surgical education and permits a provision of appropriate documentation to the attendees. The courses offered at Clinical Congress have been assigned verification levels of I, II, or III, based on the requirements for each level.

Level
Verification of
Requirement(s)

Level I

Attendance
Affirmation of attendance/course ticket and course evaluation

Level II

Satisfactory completion of course objectives
Use of pre- and posttest* and course evaluation

Level III

Knowledge and skills
Formal assessment through pre- and posttest* and skills report card; and course evaluation

Level IV

Preceptor experience
Not available at Clinical Congress

Level V

Satisfactory patient outcomes
Not available at Clinical Congress

* A passing score of 75 percent or higher is required on the posttest.

All Postgraduate Courses with a designated verification level of II and III have a self-assessment component. All requirements of these Postgraduate Courses must be completed in order to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and count for Self-Assessment Credit toward Part 2 of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program. For American Board of Surgery (ABS) Diplomates, the MOC Part 2 requirement applies to those who have not yet completed the first ABS Continuous Certification Program Assessment Exam. Please refer to the online program and session descriptions to confirm.