I’m a Stranger Here, Myself

Let us publicly release all of the data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) ...

AUGUST 20, 2020

Want to Increase Autonomy of Surgical Residents? Let Them Bill for Procedures

Resident-led billing would incentivize institutions to educate residents about the complex coding structures used ...

JUNE 12, 2020

Stand Up Straight

My path to surgery has been anything but traditional, yet it is precisely this path that provides the foundation ...

JUNE 11, 2020

Serving Time: Let’s Move to a Competency-Based Training Model

Surgical training is, and will forever remain, in a never-ending metamorphosis. This is the beauty and the ...

MAY 26, 2020

Change in Paradigm for Change in Time

Becoming credentialed and becoming successful may require different skill sets after surgical training.

MAY 1, 2020

From a Time-Based to Merit-Based System: The Training of a 2020 Surgeon

What would you say if tomorrow we could instantly transport you to a program that allowed you to progress through ...

APRIL 30, 2020

The Stagnancy of ABSITE

How to create a surgeon? A question that has been thrown about, mulled over and debated for decades.

APRIL 29, 2020

Specialization and Trade

With my ability to instantly change one aspect of surgical education, I would immediately implement a 3+X surgical ...

APRIL 21, 2020

Dissecting the System: Training on Advocacy and Disparities

In an era of the 80-hour workweek and the stress of training safe and competent surgeons in five years, it is ...

APRIL 2, 2020

How to Do Less Harm: Teach Residents the Cost of Doing Business

A 20-year-old man arrives at the emergency department with right lower quadrant pain and fever: It’s ...

APRIL 1, 2020

Dollars and Sense: A Call for Business Literacy in Surgical Education

In the past two decades, the cost of health care has skyrocketed, becoming the No. 1 reason that families in the ...

MARCH 23, 2020