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The Association of Program Directors in Surgery was founded in 1977 to provide a forum for the exchange of information and for discussion on a wide range of subjects related to post-graduate surgical education.

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New Program Directors Workshop

The New Program Directors Workshop has become a staple of the APDS Spring Meeting for the past 15+ years. Registrants receive a comprehensive toolkit as part of their registration.

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APDS Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee has worked over the past year to develop the 1st APDS Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit.

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APDS Video Highlights More Education on Demand

Papers & Poster Sessions
Close to 100 seven minute oral presentations with accompanying Power Points

APDS Panel Session III: Alphabet Soup
Moderator: Benjamin Jarman, MD, FACS, President-Elect APDS, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, LaCrosse, WI

APDS Presidential Address
David Harrington, MD, President APDS, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Review of the Unwritten Jobs of the Program Director

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APDSurgeryAPDS surgery@APDSurgery·
7 Jul

Loved our virtual meeting and want to relive? Or missed it and want to know the scoop? Check out our @JSurgEduc original report describing the #APDS2020 virtual meeting

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.06.015

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APDSurgeryAPDS surgery@APDSurgery·
29 Jun

LIVE NOW:
Toolkit for programs to promote recruitment/retention of diverse trainees & destroy barriers to inclusivity within our programs, institutions and societies
thanks to @ValNfonsam @lilahfran Kari Rosenkranz DEI committee
https://apdsweb.s3.amazonaws.com/webfiles/docs/APDSDiversityInclusionToolkitJune2020.pdf

@Surg_Education
@AmBdSurg

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HPB_SurgeonAdnan Alseidi@HPB_Surgeon·
10 Jun

Congrats to Dr Linda Reilly @UCSFGSResidency PD (22yr+) for receiving the prestigious @UCSFMSS award. Well earned for decades Of passionate service and teaching @Surg_Education @APDSurgery @UCSFHospitals , Master surgical educator indeed 🥇

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Open surgical residency positions

Currently available surgical residency and fellowship positions posted as soon as possible after they are announced.

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Residents seeking positions

Qualified residents are seeking positions from all over the United States. Residents can also submit themselves for consideration.

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APDS/ASE/ARAS Annual Meeting

2021 Surgical Education Week

Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA

April 27 – May 1, 2021

April 27-29 (APD) • April 29-May 1 (ASE)

Call for Abstracts: Open on September 15, 2020
Registration: Open early January, 2021

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