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RAS-ACS Communications Committee Essay Contest: Introduction from the RAS-ACS Communications Committee Chair
The theme of the 2021 RAS-ACS Communications Committee essay contest was More Than Just a Number: How Should We Be Evaluating Candidates for the Match?
RAS-ACS Communications Committee Essay Contest: More Than Just a Number: How Should We Be Evaluating Candidates for the Match?
Srineil Vuthaluru, MBBS, the 2021 RAS Communications Committee essay winner, describes her experiences participating in a holistic evaluation process for selecting match candidates.
RAS-ACS Communications Committee Essay Contest: Artificial intelligence in surgery: A call to action
Tyler J. Loftus, MD, the 2020 RAS Communications Committee essay winner, describes the role of artificial intelligence in surgery.
RAS Communications Committee Essay Contest: Cut it out: Changing the status quo
Laura F. Goodman, MD, MPH, RAS Communications Committee essay winner, outlines the benefits of fostering an inclusive environment within the surgical profession.
RAS-ACS Essay Contest: Balance on a very thin wire
Joshua J. Goldman, MD, 2018 RAS Communications Committee essay winner, describes an incident when his commitment to being a surgeon conflicted with his personal wellness.
The 2017 RAS-ACS annual Communications Committee essay contest: An introduction
The theme of the 2017 RAS-ACS annual Communications Committee essay contest was Be True to the Profession; Be True to Yourself.
The 2017 RAS-ACS annual Communications Committee essay contest: Gravitas
Robert A. Swendiman, MD, MPP, the 2017 RAS Communications Committee essay winner, describes how taking time to heal after the loss of a child led him to struggle with the decision to put his personal life first.
The 2016 RAS-ACS annual Communications Committee essay contest: An introduction
The theme of the 2016 RAS-ACS annual Communications Committee essay contest was Paying It Forward: When the Mentee Becomes the Mentor.
First-place essay: Paying it forward: When the mentee becomes the mentor
Kevin Koo, MD, MPH, MPhil, the 2016 RAS Communications Committee essay winner, describes how his experiences as a student with strong mentors have shaped how he works with junior members of the operating team today.
The 2015 RAS-ACS annual Communications Committee essay contest: An introduction
The 2015 RAS-ACS annual Communications Committee essay contest focused on “the hidden curriculum in surgery.”
First-place essay: The things I carry
Krista Terracina, MD, the 2015 RAS Communications Committee essay winner, describes how patient interactions have influenced her career as a surgeon.
The 2014 RAS-ACS annual essay contest: When I want to quit and why I don’t
Each year, the Communications Committee of the RAS-ACS selects a topic of broad interest to young surgeons and solicits from interested members brief essays on the subject. This year’s theme—When I Want to Quit and Why I Don’t—highlights the benefits and challenges of being a surgeon.
The patient’s wound I carry with me
This essay underscores the lasting effect an individual patient—in this case a surgical amputee—can have on surgical residents.
Why we stay: For the patients yet to come
Keeping an inventory of the positives and negatives of a general surgery residency inspires this surgeon to pursue her chosen field.
Commitment
Personal and professional struggles solidify a resident’s determination to persevere and complete the program.
A chosen path
Overcoming emotional adversity, specifically a spouse’s illness, prepares this surgeon to understand the emotional challenges that her patients face.
Anecdotes
This essay reveals the power of gratitude and its effect on surgical residents.
2012 RAS-ACS essay contest: Treating the Difficult Patient
Each year, the Communications Committee of the Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons (RAS-ACS) selects a topic of interest to young surgeons and solicits essays from RAS-ACS members. Essays are judged by a panel of Communications Committee members, and the author of the winning essay receives $500. In addition, that essay and other leading submissions are published in the Bulletin. Unfortunately, the papers from the 2012 essay contest on Treating the Difficult Patient were never published. The Bulletin is pleased to present them now in this special supplement.
Annual RAS-ACS essay contest: Dealing with surgical complications
Each year, the Communications Committee of the RAS-ACS selects a topic of broad interest to young surgeons and solicits brief essays from interested members on the subject. This year’s topic—How Surgeons Deal with Complications—generated a robust response from RAS-ACS membership.
Accepting accountability and moving forward
This year’s winning essay by Elisha G. Brownson, MD, details lessons learned from a case involving a lucid patient and a snapped catheter.
