1. What is new? The American Board of Surgery Mark A. Malangoni MD, FACS Associate Executive Director

2. Topics Requirements News Reminders On the horizon SCORE Milestones project

3. Requirements (effective July 2012) 2 operative assessments/resident 2 clinical assessments/resident Increase in complex laparoscopic cases to 50

4. News Flexibility option –Requires advance approval by ABS (Jo Buyske MD) –ASEC developing models (available July 2012) ABS to adopt ACGME SCC case log Advanced GS Oncology- exam target 2013

5. News Emergency Medicine pathway for SCC –EM graduates –One year of surgical training required –Must be at site of SCC program –Requirement under development –Must be approved by GS and SCC PDs –Target date = July 2013

6. New ABS Directors Fizan Abdullah Ken Azarow Karen Brasel Martin Croce Tyler Hughes Chris McHenry Margo Shoup James Whiting

7. Reminders Credit for prior surgical training –Communicate early (Frank Lewis MD) –Appoint to the anticipated level –Six month evaluation period required –ABS approval required before advancement

8. On the horizon Adopt VSB E-codes for vascular cases done by GS residents FES- approved pending cost analysis ABSITE –Glitch (mea culpa) –Security issues abound –All new questions in 2013

9. SCORE New platform in 4 th quarter 2012 New links added –Annals of Surgery; ASTS; COACH Planned additions –Professionalism/ethics –More videos- ASSET, others ABSITE and QE questions being mapped to SCORE Price will increase for 2012-13

10. Milestones Project Evaluation form completed Needs β testing Hard stops under consideration Move to proficiency-based model