
THE EMERGENCY SURGERY COURSE
“Dedicated to Furthering Knowledge on Emergency General Surgery”
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Emergency Surgery Course
The ESC® (joint collaboration between ESTES and AAST) aims to aid surgeons in non-trauma emergency surgery by providing the know-how and the decision-making skills necessary for daily practice. The course consists of theoretical sessions, case scenarios and state-of-the-art videos. The course is especially designed in an interactive format from the beginning until the end.

Upcoming 2024 Course Dates
Friday, November 1st and Saturday, November 2nd: Pacific Standard Time
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Fully virtual via Zoom
$200/student, includes CME, an eSyllabus, access to all lectures, the newest ESC book
Start time 7:45 AM PST
Course Directors: Ryan Dumas, MD; Joseph Galante, MD

The course is divided into two parts:
Part One:
The first consists of several theoretical, didactic sessions designed to provide the basic steps for adequate and timely diagnostic and decision-making
Part Two:
The second, video-based, designed to provide tips and tricks to improve the skills of the general surgeon to deal with surgical emergencies.
In sum, the ESC has the following goals:
The first consists of several theoretical, didactic sessions designed to provide the basic steps for adequate and timely diagnostic and decision-making
The second, video-based, designed to provide tips and tricks to improve the skills of the general surgeon to deal with surgical emergencies.
We provide two days of emergency surgery education that include:
Breakout sessions
Case discussions
Topic reviews
Etc.
Topics include but are not limited to:
Abdominal sepsis
Bowel obstruction
Colorectal emergencies
Acute cholecystitis
Obstetric emergencies
Etc.