General Surgery Board Reviews

This course will help you improve your critical reasoning, evaluation, and communication skills through an intensive case review designed to help you zero in on what is most clinically relevant for diagnosis, surgical approach, and case management across all essential areas of general surgery. The course covers standard care-relevant cases utilizing a mock oral exam format. In addition, we’ve recorded virtual one-on-one mock oral sessions between individual volunteers and our best Faculty, covering all required topic areas to bring them to you. When you register for our virtual mock oral course, you receive access to stream the condensed video library (12 hours) PLUS two complimentary virtual private mock orals. As a unique aspect of our review, we will also offer 16 hours of live, unscripted mock oral exams followed by interactive Q&A sessions.

In addition, participants may purchase as many additional virtual private mock oral sessions.

*Faculty and topic availability may be limited over time.”

This interactive prep course is designed to help you practice and build confidence as we prepare you to conquer your Boards in the virtual setting where you will take the exam. Our expert faculty and excellent teachers in their respective fields have prepared thousands of candidates for their Boards. Each mock examiner has adapted and utilized the SCORE Curriculum in creating scenarios for your 30-minute mock oral sessions. You practice going over three scenarios in each mock oral session. As in the actual exam, you have 7 minutes for each scenario, leaving 9 minutes for detailed feedback and teaching points.
Accreditation Statement
The Osler Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
*restrictions apply
* CME Credit and Osler guarantee policy are non-applicable.

*Faculty and topic availability may be limited over time.

The BoardVitals General Surgery CME Review offers clinicians 60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM, 60 MOC points, and over 1,000 General Surgery board review questions. The questions cover key topics including vascular, trauma, and surgery critical care. This question bank will assist clinicians with General Surgery certification and recertification.

The BoardVitals General Surgery CME Review also features:

• Quick and Convenient CME
• Computer, phone, and tablet access
• Constantly updated up-to-date questions
• Questions that are targeted specifically to the exam
• Online CME tracker
• 100% Pass Guarantee
• Statistical comparison to other General Surgery test-takers (Nationally)

After completing this activity, you should be able to:

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Describe the risks and benefits of surgical options.
• Recognize and address common surgical complications.
• Describe the range of surgical techniques that are currently available and assess the context in which the techniques should be used.

Target Audience: Surgeons

Highly Effective Learn-by-Listening Resource

Listen in as host John A. Wiegelt, MD, DVM, FACS, MAMSE, and SESAP content experts discuss clinically significant surgical issues, common patient problems, and practice-changing management alternatives.

These audio Q&A sessions— covering topics hand-selected from the SESAP 18 program — will undoubtedly be helpful to every general surgeon, providing an up-to-date review of current medical knowledge, as well as insightful comments on surgical procedures. You’ll hear engaging commentary focused on vital continuing medical education content areas, including:

• Abdomen
• Alimentary Tract
• Breast
• Emergency General Surgery
• Endocrine
• Perioperative Care
• Surgical Critical Care and Trauma

Convenient Surgery Review and CME

Login from your desktop or tablet and enjoy efficient, to-the-point dialogue, take quizzes, and earn up to 29 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Listen at home, at work, while you commute — even during your daily workout.

The BoardVitals Surgery Board Review Question Bank and Study Program offers over 1000 questions targeted to the ABS Board Certification and MOC. Detailed explanations are offered with each Surgery question. 

The BoardVitals Surgery Board Review Question Bank and Study Program focuses on the full range range of surgical topics covered on the exams.

Target Audience:
Surgeons and Surgery Residents preparing for ABS Board Certification and MOC. 
Educational material continuously updated.

The General Surgery Qualifying Review is a five-day seminar with didactic lectures and question-and-answer time at the end of each topic. This comprehensive review will update your clinical knowledge base and help you pass your General Surgery exams. Emphasis is on evidence-based medicine and board-relevant standards of care, incorporating current best practice concepts, surgical approaches, and clinical follow-up strategies. As a result, it provides a comprehensive review of your ABS Qualifying exams and a thorough general surgery review for practicing physicians. Many of our previous participants found the course improved their diagnostic and planning strategies and provided a better understanding of the best surgical approaches for the principal areas covered by general surgeons. They helped them recognize areas of weakness for self-study.

The webinar will be delivered using Zoom Cloud Meetings, allowing audio and visual interaction between you and the faculty. It is best to have a computer with a strong internet connection to participate in the webinar. With this online webinar course, you get the best of both worlds – the comfort and safety of your home or office and the chance to learn from the Osler Faculty and your peers. In addition, all participants will receive complimentary streaming access to a course recording.

Prepare to Pass Your General Surgery Oral Boards with Confidence
The General Surgery Virtual Mock Oral Course is designed specifically for board-eligible surgeons and residents who want focused, high-yield practice and expert feedback before taking their certifying oral exam. This immersive virtual experience combines the intensity of real-world board scenarios with flexible online access — giving you the tools to sharpen your clinical reasoning, communication, and decision-making skills.

Through a proven mock oral exam format covering 150+ board-relevant cases aligned with the SCORE Curriculum, you’ll gain experience with the types of questions, case presentations, and examiner interaction you’ll face on exam day.

This course doesn’t just test your knowledge — it trains you to think and respond as an examiner expects. Whether you’re aiming to boost your confidence, improve clinical articulation, or finely tune your clinical judgement under pressure, this course delivers structured preparation that mirrors the board experience.

In addition, participants may purchase as many additional virtual private mock oral sessions as they wish.

*Faculty and topic availability may be limited over time.

This interactive prep course is designed to help you practice and build confidence as we prepare you to conquer your Boards in the virtual setting where you will take the exam. Our expert faculty and excellent teachers in their respective fields have prepared thousands of candidates for their Boards. Each mock examiner has adapted and utilized the SCORE Curriculum in creating scenarios for your 30-minute mock oral sessions. You practice going over three scenarios in each mock oral session. As in the actual exam, you have 7 minutes for each scenario, leaving 9 minutes for detailed feedback and teaching points.
Accreditation Statement
The Osler Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
*restrictions apply
* CME Credit and Osler guarantee policy are non-applicable.

*Faculty and topic availability may be limited over time.

The Osler Institute recorded our Live Virtual Webinar, the comprehensive July 2025 Surgery Review Course, and brought it to you! These Video files are stored “in the cloud,” so you can stream them anywhere, anytime, as long as you have an internet connection. You can watch or listen to them on your phone, computer, or tablet. Additionally, each online review is a downloadable copy of the syllabus corresponding to the Video lectures, available for your use while viewing or as a standalone study or clinical practice guide.

This comprehensive review will update your clinical knowledge base and help you prepare for and pass the General Surgery ABS Qualifying exam and Continuous Certification (CC) exam. Emphasis is on evidence-based medicine and board-relevant standards of care, incorporating current best practice concepts, surgical approaches, and clinical follow-up strategies. As a result, it provides a comprehensive review for your ABS Qualifying exam and a thorough general surgery review for practicing physicians. In addition, many previous learners have found the course provided them with improved diagnostic and planning strategies, a better understanding of the best surgical approaches for the principal areas covered by general surgeons, and helped them recognize areas of weakness for self-study.

The Surgical Critical Care Review is a 2-day seminar comprising didactic lectures, a question-and-answer session at the end of each topic, and dedicated Question-and-answer sessions. This comprehensive review is designed to update your clinical knowledge base and help you pass your Critical Care Surgery exams (certifying and re-certifying). Emphasis is on evidence-based medicine and board-relevant standards of care, incorporating current best practice concepts, surgical approaches, preoperative evaluation, and clinical follow-up strategies. As a result, it provides a good review for your ABS sub-specialty exams and a thorough review of Surgical Critical Care for physicians in practice. Many of our previous participants found the course improved their diagnostic and management strategies and gave them a better understanding of the best surgical approach for the principal areas covered by Critical Care Surgeons. In addition, they helped them recognize areas of weakness for self-study.

The webinar will be delivered using Zoom Cloud Meetings, allowing audio and visual interaction between you and the faculty. You need a computer with a good internet connection to participate in the webinar. You can watch and participate as much as you have time during the 2-day course and then use the recordings for further review and support practice improvement. With this online webinar course, you get the best of both worlds – the comfort and safety of your home or office and the chance to learn from the Osler Faculty and your peers. In addition, all participants receive complimentary streaming access to a course recording up through September 23