Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)

In honor of #WorldMentalHealthDay, we offer a curated collection of JACS articles and podcast episodes that offer insight into burnout, surgeon wellbeing, and the importance of mental health. Home Is Not Always Where the Sleep Is: Effect of Home Call on Sleep, Burnout, and Surgeon Well-Being 📖: https://t.co/GaD7MO57ww 🎙 : https://lnkd.in/gX8kxBDP Operationalizing the Culture of Burnout and Well-Being: Multicenter Study of Value Congruence and Flourishing in General Surgery Residency 📖 : https://t.co/WvR4p4Jeta 🎙 : https://lnkd.in/dJArs6CW Contemporary Evaluation of Work-Life Integration and Wellbeing in US Surgical Residents: A National Mixed-Methods Study 📖 : https://t.co/VtdRAFmYS0 🎙 :https://lnkd.in/gaV4QrXK Protective Effects of Authenticity Against Depression, Suicide, and Burnout among Surgeons 📖 : https://t.co/eqj6xtqKMM Nationwide, County-Level Analysis of the Patterns, Trends, and System-Level Predictors of Opioid Prescribing in Surgery in the US: Social Determinants and Access to Mental Health Services Matter 📖 :https://t.co/a7Fe3Lbskf Trends in Surgeon Burnout in the US and Canada: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis 📖 : https://t.co/uQOSk7gShy

Read these trending #HotJACS articles today! 🔥 Incidence of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography after Subtotal Fenestrating and Reconstituting Cholecystectomy https://lnkd.in/gXWw7tSr 🔥Sustaining Lifelong Competency of Surgeons: Multimodality Empowerment Personal and Institutional Strategy https://lnkd.in/gxrjVujb 🔥Effect of Specimen Extraction Site on Postoperative Incisional Hernia after Minimally Invasive Right Colectomy https://lnkd.in/ggpzziHf 🔥Association of National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer Accreditation with Outcomes after Rectal Cancer Surgery https://lnkd.in/gNUYuYdK

Congratulations to the JACS Reviewer of the Month, Hasan B Alam, MD, FACS!🎉 Watch to learn more about Dr Alam and why he reviews for JACS.

In this #JACSOperativeWord episode, host Thomas Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS discusses the latest JACS article by Drs Yue-Yung Hu and Lauren Janczewski. Together, they examine the demands of surgical training and challenges for work-life integration. 🎧: https://lnkd.in/gaV4QrXK

The October issue of JACS is live! Read articles like: 🔵Thirty- and 90-Day Morbidity and Mortality by Clavien-Dindo after Surgery for Antireflux and Hiatal Hernia ⚪️What Do We Owe Our Patients? Surgeon Obligations When Patients Are Too Sick for Surgery 🔵 Five-Year Outcomes from a Prospective Study on Safety and Efficacy of Phasix ST Mesh Use at the Hiatus During Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Full issue available at: https://lnkd.in/gduvDP3p

Listen, learn, and earn with JACS! Queue up the JACS Operative Word podcast and earn CME today. Follow the link in each episode summary to claim your credit. All episodes can be found at: https://lnkd.in/g6bfN3iu

Read these #HotJACS articles to start off your week! 🔥 Gas-Bloat Syndrome after Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation: Incidence, Natural History, Risk Factors, and Impact on Surgical Outcomes Over Time https://lnkd.in/gDQafXrm 🔥 Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus: Is Esophagectomy Associated with Improved Overall Survival? https://lnkd.in/ge2UVgq6 🔥 Baseline Characteristics and Use of Pretherapeutic 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET for Pancreatic Cancer https://lnkd.in/g8rt6BqS

Congratulations to the JACS Author of the Month, Calista M Harbaugh, MD, MSc! 🎊 Learn more about Dr Harbaugh and her recently published JACS article, "Association of National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer Accreditation with Outcomes after Rectal Cancer Surgery."

In the latest episode of #JACSOperativeWord, Thomas Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS is joined by Calista M Harbaugh, MD, MSc to discuss her study on rectal cancer surgery outcomes from NAPRC accredited hospitals. Listen at: https://lnkd.in/gvvBgM4F

Congratulations to the JACS Reviewer of the Month, Christian de Virgilio, MD, FACS. Watch to learn more about Dr de Virgilio and why he reviews for JACS. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center