Commentary

Hot Threads in ACS Communities


 

Your colleagues already have a lot to say in 2017. Here are the top discussion threads in ACS Communities just prior to press time (communities in which the threads appear are listed in parentheses):

1. Music in the OR. (General Surgery)

2. Nephrologist to surgeon in 3 months! (General Surgery)

3. MACRA. (Advocacy)

4. Mini-fellowship – or how to “brush up” on trauma? (General Surgery)

5. Trauma/PEG for intubated polytrauma patient. (Trauma Surgery)

6. Students observing in OR. (General Surgery)

7. Pediatric appendectomy. (General Surgery)

8. Call-bladders. (General Surgery)

9. Physician rehabilitation. (General Surgery)

10. Letters to ACS Fellows, Members and Members of Congress. (Vascular Surgery)

To join communities, log in to ACS Communities at http://acscommunities.facs.org/home, go to “Browse All Communities” near the top of any page, and click the blue “Join” button next to the community you’d like to join. If you have any questions, please send them to acscommunities@facs.org.

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