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Association of Program Directors in Surgery – A History of Origin and
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The Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS) is a member of
the Surgical Council on Resident Education (SCORE), a non-profit
consortium of the leading organizations involved in U.S. surgical
education. SCORE’s mission is to improve the education of residents in
general surgery and its related specialties and subspecialties through
the development of a standard national curriculum and accompanying web
portal containing educational materials in support of the curriculum.
SCORE’s web portal is now available to all general surgery residents in
the United States. For more information, visit
www.surgicalcore.org.
The Association of Program Directors in Surgery is one of the founding
members of SCORE. APDS has contributed financially to SCORE, and
numerous APDS members have been writers and editors for SCORE curriculum
modules. APDS involvement with SCORE is ongoing through our Curriculum
Committee and through our representatives to the SCORE steering
committee (President, President-Elect, and Curriculum Committee Chair).

Link to
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) www.flsprogram.org
Recognizing the importance of improving surgical
technical skills and enhancing patient safety, Covidien, a leading
manufacturer of medical devices and supplies, has created The Covidien
Educational Fund. This generous gift supports the introduction of the
FLS Educational program into North American residency and fellowship
training. Through this grant, FLS is available to program directors to
use as a standardized educational tool for teaching and verification of
learning of their trainees. The Covidien Educational Fund brings no-cost
training and testing directly to over 250 surgical residency programs in
the United States and Canada, reaching thousands of surgeons-in-training
over a three-year period, as well as MIS/HPB/colorectal fellowships for
one year.
--Lisa Jukelevics
Director, FLS Program
SAGES
11300 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90064
310.437.0544 ext 115
310.437.0585 fax
lisa@sages.org
www.flsprogram.org