Success in Academic Surgery

This book reinforces the curriculum of the AAS courses and also provides guidance to individual surgeons who have not had the opportunity to attend these courses. This is a valuable reference title for medical students and surgical residents.

This second edition book reinforces the curriculum of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) courses and also provides guidance to individual surgeons who have not had the opportunity to attend these courses. Thus, this book is a valuable reference for medical students, surgical residents, and young surgical faculty. It gives an overview of the other titles of the Success in Academic Surgery Series, and will include additional chapters on global surgery, surgical QI and getting started in leadership.While many of the topics are stable over time, health services research is increasingly popular with surgical trainees and faculty, and funding is very different than it was when the first edition published back in 2012.This second edition is the core book in the AAS Fall Courses, which is currently given to every attendee, as well as being suggested for the international courses, which take place in Australasia, Colombia, France, Italy, West Africa, Germany, etc.

Developed in collaboration with the AAS, the largest organization of academic surgeons in the world with over 3,000 members Linked with an ongoing successful course, which is in its 21st year, and has been supported by grants from the NIH Written by experts in the world of academic surgery and active members of the AAS

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This second edition book gives an overview of the other titles of the Success in Academic Surgery Series, and includes additional chapters on global surgery, surgical quality improvement and getting started in leadership. The Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) has been teaching how to become a successful academic surgeon to medical students, residents, and young faculty for over 20 years.

Success in Academic Surgery, Second Edition reinforces the curriculum of the AAS courses and also provides guidance to individual surgeons who have not had the opportunity to attend these courses. This book is a valuable reference for medical students, surgical residents, and young surgical faculty.

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Why Be an Academic Surgeon? Impetus and Options for the Emerging Surgeon-Scientist.- Timeline for Promotion/Overview of an Academic Career.- Reviewing the Literature/Developing a Hypothesis, Study Design.- Ethics in Surgical Research.- Analyzing Your Data.- Animal Models for Surgical Research.- Health Services Research.- Surgical Educational Research: Getting Started.- Translational Research and New Approaches: Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics.- How to Write and Revise a Manuscript for Peer Review Publication.- Choosing, and Being, a Good Mentor.- Writing a Grant/Obtaining Funding.- Setting Up a Lab (Clinical or Basic Science Research Program) and Managing a Research Team.- Work-Life Balance and Burnout.- Time Management. <p