1. ACS Web Portal An Introduction

2. 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...

3. What Is a Portal? A portal is a secure, single-point- of-entry Web site configured for a specific community or organization.

4. Example of a Web Portal:Yahoo

5. 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

6. ACS Web Portal Login Page

7. ACS Web Portal Home Page

8. Link to Communities & Specialties

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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!

12. Default Community Access Specialty community TIMSS database -- Canadian Fellows -- Medical Students -- Residents & Associate Fellows -- Senior Surgeons -- Women Surgeons Special-interest communities

13. Sample Community

14. PubMed portlets

15. Click on headlines

16. Link to more PubMed

17. More on PubMed

18. PubMed drop-down

19. Link to related articles

20. Related articles on PubMed

21. Add to Bookmarks

22. My Bookmarks

23. Medical News

24. Sample news

25. RSS Journals

26. Podcasts

29. Discussion forum

31. Colon & rectal surgery videos

32. Surgery video

36. Downloadable books

37. Algorithms

38. Collaboration

43. Link to My Page

44. My Cases

45. My Chapter

46. My CME

47. List all CME

48. Certificate

49. My Profile

50. ACS Web Portal