ACS Web Portal An Introduction
Mission Statement To expand the College's role as an information resource on patient care for the various surgical specialties and on advances in bioscience, research, and health policy by providing its members with a personalized gateway to the Internet...
What Is a Portal? A portal is a secure, single-point- of-entry Web site configured for a specific community or organization.
Example of a Web Portal:Yahoo
e-FACS Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief George F. Sheldon, MD, FACS Associate Editor Lazar J. Greenfield, MD, FACS Managing Editor Jerry Schwartz At-Large Members Community Editors Associate Community Editors
ACS Web Portal Login Page
ACS Web Portal Home Page
Link to Communities & Specialties
Specialty Communities Cardiothoracic Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery General Surgery Gynecology & Obstetrics Neurological Surgery Ophthalmic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery Pediatric Surgery Plastic Surgery Urologic Surgery Vascular Surgery
Special Interest Communities Biomedical Engineering Canadian Fellows Career Mentoring Ethical Issues Geriatric Surgery History & Philosophy International Surgery Medical Students Minimally Invasive Surgery Palliative Care & Pain Management Residents & Associate Fellows Rural Surgeons Senior Surgeons Surgical Informatics Surgical Journal Editors Surgical Outcomes Surgical Patient Safety Terrorism Translational Oncology Uniformed Services Volunteerism Women Surgeons Young Surgeons
Inside Portal Communities Core content RSS feeds and links to podcasts Reports/Reviews/Editorials ACS and other videos Discussion forums Links to related Web sites/portals Important meeting dates Algorithms Recommended reading Accreditation/certification information More!
Default Community Access Specialty community TIMSS database -- Canadian Fellows -- Medical Students -- Residents & Associate Fellows -- Senior Surgeons -- Women Surgeons Special-interest communities
Sample Community
PubMed portlets
Click on headlines
Link to more PubMed
More on PubMed
PubMed drop-down
Link to related articles
Related articles on PubMed
Add to Bookmarks
My Bookmarks
Medical News
Sample news
RSS Journals
Podcasts
Discussion forum
Colon & rectal surgery videos
Surgery video
Downloadable books
Algorithms
Collaboration
Link to My Page
My Cases
My Chapter
My CME
List all CME
Certificate
My Profile
ACS Web Portal