The American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) is excited to offer ten (10) competitive scholarships to attend the ACAPS 2020 Winter Retreat. The theme of our retreat is "Global Health Education" and we are seeking to bring applicants early in their plastic surgical training who have a strong interest in education and its impact on global health. Applicants should be medical students or residents in their first four years (PGY 1-4) of an integrated program or the first two years (PGY 1-2) of an independent program.

The ACAPS Global Health Committee is in its second year of sponsoring a scholarship opportunity for an educational exchange at an international site. This program will support travel-related expenses for a U.S faculty member and plastic surgery resident or fellow to visit an international training program. The overarching goal of this short trip is to disseminate and implement aspects of the US graduate medical education paradigm.

At the spring ACAPS business meeting, it was decided that all integrated plastic surgery programs will coordinate when they announce interview dates and distribute interview invitations. The purpose of this is to improve the efficiency of scheduling for applicants and programs. Advanced planning is intendedto help applicants better plan for travel and to minimize cancellation and rescheduling of interviews. Please read below for more information about the changes in process this year.

ACAPS @ ASPS
September 20 - 21, 2019
San Diego, CA
NOTE: The ACAPS meetings below require a separate admission to attend. Registration is not included with any Plastic Surgery The Meeting registration. To register for PSTM 2019, please visit: www.plasticsurgery.org. Registering for these ACAPS meetings DOES NOT register you for PSTM 2019.

NOTE: The ACAPS meetings below are only available to those who register for Plastic Surgery The Meeting. To register for PSTM 2019, please visit: www.plasticsurgery.org. Registering for the above ACAPS meetings DOES NOT register you for PSTM 2019.

Residents Day
September 20, 2019
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
San Diego Convention Center, 20D
San Diego, CA
11:05 am Introduction to ACAPS
Arun Gosain

ACAPS Panel @ ASPS
September 21, 2019
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
San Diego Convention Center, 32A
San Diego, CA

Resident Aesthetic Education
Moderator: William M. Kuzon, Jr, MD

Aesthetic surgery is an integral part of the specialty of Plastic Surgery and the training of residents in aesthetic procedures is critical to their education. For a number of reasons, providing residents progressive operative independence with aesthetic procedures is challenging. This panel will explore these challenges from multiple viewpoints and propose potential solutions to this difficult problem.

Learning objectives will include:

1. Understanding the importance of this aesthetic surgery education to resident education and to the specialty of Plastic Surgery.
2. Understanding the current state of resident aesthetic education in the US.
3. Evaluating of the effectiveness resident-run aesthetic clinics.
4. Considering the ethical issues surrounding resident aesthetic education and surrounding retail medicine in general.
5. Evaluating proposals for the future of this area of resident education in aesthetic surgery.

Aesthetic Surgery: Financial and Enterprise Challenges in an Academic Setting - Felmont F. Eaves, III, MD
Benefits of a Resident Aesthetic Clinic - Peter J. Taub, MD
Marketing a Resident Aesthetic Clinic - Galen Perdikis, MD
The Ethics of Resident-run Aesthetic (or any) Clinics - Christian J. Vercler, MD

SAVE THE DATE
ACAPS Winter Retreat
February 22-23, 2020
Omni Austin Downtown
Austin, Texas

The American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) is composed of the program directors / chairpersons and associates of American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved plastic surgery residency programs in the United States. Its goal is to provide leadership and support for educational programs for plastic surgery residents. The curriculum for resident educational programs in the US has been derived from the efforts of members of this association.

ASPS has developed a free listing service to simplify the listing and search for all types of fellowship and training opportunities within the specialty. The goal of this initiative is to provide plastic surgeons and plastic-surgeons-in-training with a searchable database of plastic surgery fellowships, observerships and internships/externship available in the United States and throughout the world.

You are invited to post your fellowships, internships and other post-graduate plastic surgery training opportunities in the new Plastic Surgery Fellowship and Training Opportunities Directory.

ASPS believes this directory will help publicize existing opportunities and provide a broad ranging listing for residents and all plastic surgeons who are seeking additional training. The listings are free to post and free to search for everyone. The directory will be searchable by sub-specialty, duration, country and/or region, paid or unpaid, and more. The Plastic Surgery Fellowship and Training Opportunities Directory is open to private plastic surgeons, institutions, and training directors to post their short and long-term training options.