Apply for Virtual ACS General Surgery Oral Examination Prep Course by January 27

Two additional courses have been scheduled for the innovative ACS General Surgery Oral Examination Prep Course, February 14 and 17, 2023. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 27.

The 1-day virtual course helps prepare candidates for the General Surgery Certifying Examination and focuses on strategies candidates can use to rapidly develop concise patient care plans in response to oral case scenarios, succinctly convey care plans including key decision points and rationale, and interact effectively with examiners. 

Most of the course time is devoted to simulated oral examinations that address the breadth of general surgery content. Each candidate participates in three mock oral examinations with three different faculty pairs who provide individualized verbal and written feedback regarding each case scenario and each examination session overall. 

Course evaluations have shown that candidates feel more prepared to take the oral examination because of the course. Chief residents particularly appreciated being examined by surgeons they had not meet previously, receiving individualized feedback, learning to approach the oral examination as a thought process, and learning to pace their responses to focus on the critical portions of a case.

Visit the course web page and submit the completed application form to ceprepcourse@facs.org no later than January 27. For additional information, contact Nicole Keating, nkeating@facs.org, or Jamie Ciccone, jciccone@facs.org.