AAST This Month

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February 2008, Volume 64,

Number 2

Table of Contents

Acute Care Surgery
Program Application form, curriculum and program requirements information for graduate medical education.
AAST Research and Education Foundation offers scholarships in post-residency research in the fields of trauma, burns and acute care surgery.

October 2008

AAST Fellowship Application Submission Date Changed to May 1, 2009
To download an application, please click here or go to the membership section of the AAST website. 

67th AAST Meeting Abstracts
The 2008 oral and poster (session I and session II) abstracts are available.  

AAST Approves Another Site as an Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Training Site
The Acute Care Surgery Committee and the AAST Board of Managers  has approved The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as an Acute Care Surgery Fellowship training site in September.  Three sites have been approved to date:  University of Nevada School of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine (Denver Health Medical Center) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Training Sites.  A fourth site visit is planned for November.  Click the link in the next paragraph to fill out your Program Application Form (PAF).    

Acute Care Surgery Program Application Form and Information Book Online
The Acute Care Surgery Committee has completed the Program Application Form (PAF) and Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Acute Care Surgery. To download the book, please click on the Acute Care Surgery button on the right hand side, or click here.