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Module-Based Learning

SESAP 18 and SESAP 18 Advanced

Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program (SESAP®) 18 and SESAP 18 Advanced are premier educational resources promoting excellence and expertise for practicing surgeons. Explore the 18th edition of SESAP.

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SESAP 18 and SESAP 18 Advanced

SESAP 18

SESAP® 18 offers expanded critiques that provide essential explanations for each of the 665 pertinent questions and all answer options. Select from nine content categories based on personal preferences and learning goals, including abdomen, alimentary tract, breast, emergency general surgery, endocrine, legal/ethics, perioperative care, surgical critical care, and trauma. Use search features to look up content quickly, create customized quizzes, and highlight and save content for future easy reference. Released in 2022, this edition continues the tradition of offering unsurpassed quality educational content for self-study and review, as developed and peer-reviewed by practicing surgeon authors from across the United States. View a sample question. 

SESAP 18 Advanced

SESAP 18 Advanced modules build on SESAP 18 content and specifically focus on advanced clinical problems involving specialized and nuanced content within complex and emerging topics. The format and features are similar to SESAP 18, with the addition of special sections entitled “Controversies” that have no single correct answer. The “Controversy Items” provide comparisons with peer responses, and the critiques discuss each response option. Released in 2023, the SESAP 18 Advanced modules include 332 case-based questions across seven modules including abdomen; alimentary tract; breast; endocrine; melanoma, skin, sarcoma; surgical critical care; and trauma and emergency general surgery.

Highlights

  • All newly constructed, case-based, multiple-choice questions in general surgery
  • SESAP 18: 665 questions covering nine content areas
  • SESAP 18 Advanced: 332 questions providing specialized, in-depth content in seven areas 
  • Expanded critiques with evidence-based explanations for all answer options
  • Supporting references from current literature, with links to PubMed abstracts and other online references
  • Radiographic images, photographs, videos, and other educational media
  • Immediate feedback to facilitate mastery of content
  • Targeted search functionality for accessing desired information quickly
  • Personal performance summary
  • Optimization for use on mobile devices with the same content and features as the desktop web version
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Order SESAP 18 and SESAP 18 Advanced

SESAP 18 and SESAP 18 Advanced offer flexible package options, suitable to a variety of educational preferences and surgical practices.

SESAP 18 CME Information

Earn up to 168 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from SESAP 18.

SESAP 18 Advanced CME Information

Earn up to 112 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from SESAP 18 Advanced.

Technical Requirements

Review the minimum system requirements needed to utilize SESAP 18 and SESAP 18 Advanced.

Questions?

If you have questions, review our Frequently Asked Questions or contact the SESAP Team at 312-202-5419 or sesap@facs.org