Agenda
The program takes place in the eastern standard time (EST) zone and will begin at 10:00 am on Monday, January 29, 2024 and will end on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 5:30 pm.
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The 2024 Program agenda will be updated when finalized.
2024 Program Topics and Speakers
Speakers for the 2024 program will be updated as they are confirmed.
| # | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acute Care Surgery | Dr. Nori Bradley |
| 2 | Bariatric Surgery | Dr. Boris Zevin |
| 3 | Benign Breast Disease | To be confirmed |
| 4 | Breast - High Risk | To be confirmed |
| 5 | Breast Cancer | To be confirmed |
| 6 | Colon Cancer | Dr. Marylise Boutros |
| 7 | Endocrine | Dr. Caitlin Yeo |
| 8 | Esophagus | Dr. Richard Malthaner |
| 9 | Gallstones, Cholecystitis and CBD Injury | Dr. John Shaw |
| 10 | Gastric Cancer | Dr. Trevor Hamilton |
| 11 | Head & Neck Masses | Dr. Alok Pathak |
| 12 | Hernias | Dr. Niv Sne |
| 13 | Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Dr. Shawn Forbes |
| 14 | Liver Masses | To be confirmed |
| 15 | Pancreatic Masses | Dr. Michael Hogan |
| 16 | Perianal Diseases and Anal Cancer | Dr. Stephen Kelly |
| 17 | Rectal Cancer | Dr. Lawrence Lee |
| 18 | Sarcomas | Dr. Rebecca Gladdy |
| 19 | Skin Lesions - Melanoma | Dr. Brittany Dingley |
| 21 | Thyroid Cancer | To be confirmed |
| 22 | Tips for your exam | Dr. Marcus Burnstein |
| 23 | Trauma - Abdominal | Dr. David Gomez |
| 24 | Trauma - Neck/Thoracic | Dr. Kelly Vogt |
| 25 | Trauma - Pancreatic/Duodenal | To be confirmed |
| 26 | Upper & Lower GI Bleeds | Dr. Ashlie Nadler |
Live Virtual Program
The General Surgery Review Program will be held virtually from January 29 - February 2, 2024.
Login credentials and instructions will be sent to participants two weeks prior to the program taking place.
Materials and video recordings will be accessible until March 13, 2024
Accreditation
This event is an Accredited Self Assessment Activity (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Canadian Association of General Surgeons. You may claim a maximum of 27 hours. This activity was co-developed with the Canadian Association of General Surgeons.
Note: Online attendance is required to receive a certificate of attendance.
Technical requirements
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Testimonials from Previous Attendees
A good stress-free environment to review the main topics in general surgery.
Availability of PDF files before the conference was very helpful and videos of each presentation provided to each participant is invaluable!
Great up-to-date conference, very organized, compact and comprehensive; covers all objectives with a great literature review.
Large breadth of topics important for RC exam; presentations focused on clinical pearls and management decisions.
Many outstanding lectures which were Canadian focused and according to current practices, guidelines and evidence-based medicine!
The use of touch pad technology for this program identified areas to focus on and areas of deficiency.
Evidence based, concise and focused not only on the exam but also future practice.
Presenters were excellent and to the point; they understood our goals and objectives of the program and exam.
Some of the best speakers from across the country in terms of PREP courses I’ve attended.
Enthusiastic lecturers with open forum for questions and great one on one time with each presenter!
Outstanding program, MCQ questions are the strengths of this course!