Association of Women Surgeons

Links

General

• This resource from the AMA is called "Succeeding from medical school to practice," and it would be helpful with managing your life: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/our-people/member-groups-sections/resident-fellow-section/succeeding-medical-school-practice.page
• Up to 40 percent of practicing surgeons experience considerable stress and subsequent burnout during their careers. Click here for an article on Surgeon Burnout from the August 2011 Bulletin of The American College of Surgeons.

AWS Collaborations

• American Journal of Surgery (AJS): Regular AWS membership includes a subscription to the American Journal of Surgery. Residents and Students can subscribe at a special rate of $50 per year for U.S. residents and $75 per year for international subscribers (a 50% discount). The American Journal of Surgery became the official publication of the Association of Women Surgeons in March of 2004 with the agreement that AWS would submit a series of articles with the purpose of providing practical guidance for residents and junior surgical faculty in the development and advancement of career goals. The AWS Career Development Resource chapters have been published as articles in the AJS since 2006.
   
• American College of Surgeons (ACS): AWS has been affiliated with ACS since its beginning, having been formed out of an informal gathering at an annual ACS Clinical Congress in 1981. We continue to hold our annual AWS Conference in conjunction with the ACS Clinical Congress each year, and have a representative Governor on the ACS Board of Governors, along with AWS members who serve/have served on the ACS Board of Regents (including the current President, AWS Founder Dr. Patricia J. Numann).
   
• National Women's History Museum (NWHM): AWS recently became a member of the NWHM National Coalition, a group of national, predominantly women's organizations that support the mission of the NWHM to illuminate "the role of women in transforming society and [encouraging] all people, women and men, to participate in democratic dialogue about our future." One of the more immediate objectives of the NWHM National Coalition is to support the efforts to acquire a permanent site near the National Mall in Washington, DC. The NWHM is a non-partisan, educational organization that engages in no other political advocacy activities. (There was no financial obligation in AWS joining the NWHM National Coalition.)

ENT

• http://www.otomatch.com
• http://www.facs.org/residencysearch/specialties/oto.html

General Surgery

• http://www.facs.org/residencysearch/
• http://www.medscape.com/generalsurgeryhome
• http://www.facs.org/ (American College of Surgeons - excellent LINKS section)
• http://www.medicalstudent.com
• http://jaws.umin.jp/English.html (Japan Association of Women Surgeons)

Orthopedics

• http://www.aaos.org/  (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• http://www.gladdensociety.org/index.html (J.R. Gladden Society)
• http://www.rjos.org/web/index.html (Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society)
• http://www.orthogate.com/ (Orthogate)
• http://www.orthosurg.net/orthopedic-residency/main.asp (Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Ring)

Plastics

• http://www.abplsurg.org (American Board of Plastic Surgery - very good for the various pathways to get into plastics)
• http://www.aaps1921.org (American Association of Plastic Surgeons - has a resident resources section for coding, job board, info about Boards and upcoming meetings)
• http://www.womensurgeons.org/CDR/plasticsurgery.asp (Career Development Resource for Plastic Surgery)

Urology

• http://www.urologymatch.com (Matches for Urology plus Residency, Fellowship, Mentoring and Job Search Guides)
• http://www.auanet.org (American Urological Association)
• http://www.swiu.org/ (Society of Women in Urology)
• http://www.womensurgeons.org/CDR/Urology.asp (Career Development Resource for Urology)