Surgery and Surgical Training Before Graduate Medical Education: A Blue Ribbon Committee II, Medical Student Education Subcommittee Report.

Objective: To update and add to the first report commissioned by the Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) about 20 years prior.

Background: Following a summit in late 2022 commissioned by the American Board of Surgery regarding competency-based reforms in surgical education and through a partnership with the American College of Surgeons and other stakeholders, a BRC-II on surgical education was formed. The BRC-II would have 7 subcommittees.

Key Issues in Surgical Residency Education: Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon II Committee Residency Education Subcommittee.

Background: In September 2022, a summit was convened by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) to discuss competency-based reform in surgical education. A key output of that summit was the recommendation that the prior work of the Blue Ribbon I Committee convened 20 years earlier be revived. With leadership from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Surgical Association (ASA), the Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) II was subsequently convened.

Surgical Intelligence Can Lead to Higher Adoption of Best Practices in Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Objective: To examine the use of surgical intelligence for automatically monitoring critical view of safety (CVS) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in a real-world quality initiative.

Background: Surgical intelligence encompasses routine, artificial intelligence-based capture and analysis of surgical video, and connection of derived data with patient and outcomes data. These capabilities are applied to continuously assess and improve surgical quality and efficiency in real-world settings.

Opportunities and Applications of Educational Technologies in Surgical Education and Assessment.

Objective: Describe the latest technological in surgical education and assessment.Background:Surgical education is challenged by continuously increasing clinical content, greater subspecialization, and public scrutiny of access to high-quality surgical care. Since the last Blue Ribbon Committee on surgical education, novel technologies have been developed, including artificial intelligence and telecommunication.