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ACS' Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum
The Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum developed by the American College of Surgeons Division of Education is uniquely structured to teach critical thinking skills to first-year residents across the surgical specialties. This highly interactive, case-based program allows residents to apply critical thinking skills to manage patient care across 94 scenarios, including essential content areas in surgery such as preoperative assessment, on-call issues, cardiac conditions, respiratory management, fluids and electrolytes, wound management, and many others.
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- How to Develop a Vascular Surgery Training Program
- Preparation for Your Site Visit
- Useful Resources for New Program Directors
- Writing Your PIF
- EPA Retreat Recording 1
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Research Requests
The APDVS Research Ad Hoc Committee has been charged by the APDVS Executive Council to review requests for research support and/or collaboration, with the intention of facilitating research that is beneficial to the APDVS, its members, and particularly its mission; avoiding survey fatigue of the APDVS membership; and ensuring that high quality research requests are distributed. Research proposals will be accepted on a quarterly basis (September 1, December 1, March 1, June 1). Click here to complete the research request form.