AWS Publications Committee Webinars
The AWS Publications Committee is pleased to offer a series of virtual programs in 2024.
UPCOMING
August 14 at 7:30pm ET: Finding Your Job, led by Sophie Dream
Join the AWS Publications Committee for a Job Webinar this August! Attendees will learn how to build a network, prepare an application, negotiate a contract, succeed in an interview, and more. Presenters include Drs. Sarah Tevis, Juliet Lumati, Bopha Chrea, and Jessica McMullin.
AWS Journal Club
The AWS Journal Club is an international peer-to-peer teaching curriculum that is focused on landmark papers in the field of general surgery with which all students and residents should be familiar. Student and resident members of AWS will have the opportunity to apply to present one of the landmark papers chosen for the journal club curriculum on a global platform. We are also seeking residents and attendings to serve as mentors and moderators for each journal club session. The presentations will take place as a zoom event hosted by AWS, available internationally to all members and non-members of AWS. View articles and curriculum here.
NEXT JOURNAL CLUB SESSION
July 23 at 7:30pm CT: AWS Journal Club Summer Series
The AWS Journal Club is an international peer-to-peer teaching curriculum that is focused on landmark papers in the field of general surgery with which all students and residents should be familiar. Join the Journal Club for their Summer Series discussion on July 23.
2024 AWS Cross Mentorship Workshop Series
Join the AWS #HeForShe Committee for a virtual Cross-Mentorship Workshop Series, taking place monthly from June to November 2024! This six-part series will facilitate dialogue on mentoring the diverse group of mentees in surgery.
- June 11 at 7pm ET: Race and Ethnicity Differences, moderated by with Shannon Small and Isabela Sandiago
- July 2 at 7pm ET: Gender Differences, moderated by Shannon Small and Yasmeen Qwaider
- August 6 at 7pm ET: Sexuality Differences, moderated by Warqaa Akram and Priyanka Chugh
- September 10 at 7pm ET: Ability/Disability Differences, moderated by Kristina Lemon and Nijmeh Alsaadi
- October 1 at 7pm ET: Visibility and Intersectionality of Differences, moderated by Sofya Asfaw and Stalin Canizares
- November 5 at 7pm ET: Institutional Barriers to DEI, moderated by Emilia Diego and Anna Kobzeva-Herzog
2024 AWS SCALPELS Series
Join the AWS Clinical Practice Committee for the AWS Surgeons' Career and Leadership Professional Education Lecture Series (SCALPELS). This virtual program seeks to educate women surgeons in the fundamentals of healthcare leadership in a practical manner. This program is generously sponsored by a grant from Intuitive.
All programs will take place at 8:00pm ET.
2024 SCALPELS:
- June 13 at 8pm ET: Raising the Next Generation: Dr. Randi Goldman
- June 20 at 8pm ET: Raising the Next Generation: Dr. Leah Brown
- June 27 at 8pm ET: Raising the Next Generation: Panel with Drs. Kascia Trebska, Maritza Cotto, Jenny Guido and Emily Jungheim
- July 11 at 8pm ET: The Cost of Being a Female Surgeon: Student Loans to Retirement Accounts with Dr. Disha Spath
- July 18 at 8pm ET: The Cost of Being a Female Surgeon: The Costs of Childbearing and Rearing on Surgical Careers with Dr. Erin Garvey
- July 25 at 8pm ET: The Cost of Being a Female Surgeon: Panel with Drs. Erin Garvey, Stephanie Pearson, Mary Maniscalco-Theberge, and Marie Crandall
- August 8 at 8pm ET: 4th Trimester and Beyond: Panel with Drs. Maria Alteri, Caitlin Halbert, and Randaline Barnett
- August 15 at 8pm ET: 4th Trimester and Beyond
- August 22 at 8pm ET: 4th Trimester and Beyond: Create Your Village with Dr. Sonya M. Sloan
AWS Resident & Fellow Virtual Meetings
Join the AWS Resident and Fellow Committee for a series of virtual meetings in 2023! The AWS Resident and Fellow Committee is focused on addressing surgical trainee programs and issues, with an emphasis on engaging residents and fellows in the AWS at an early stage in their careers. Committee members work closely with many of the other additional AWS committees, with a significant level of interaction with the Medical Student committee.
- June 11 at 8pm ET
- August 13 at 8pm ET
- July 9 at 8pm ET
Building an Academic Foundation
Details Coming Soon!
“Building an Academic Foundation” is a webinar series developed by AWS that will equip senior surgical trainees and early career surgeons with guidance and mentorship on topics pertinent to starting a career in academic surgery. AWS is beginning to plan for the new Building an Academic Foundation webinar series and we would love your assistance in coordinating. If you are interested in working with Dr. Emily Keung on this program, please share your availability at the link below before June 28. We will meet in July to discuss the background and make preliminary planning decisions.
Past Webinars
AWS members can access recordings of past webinar programs after logging into their membership account. Not yet a member? Join now to view our past recorded webinars!
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