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Background: Motivations for joining and maintaining surgical society memberships include networking, educational, and social opportunities. We hypothesized surgeons have membership lapses despite these benefits. We aimed to assess society members motivations for joining, satisfaction with membership, any lapses and if so, reasons for these lapses., Methods: A survey was sent via email to members of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), using society directories., Results: The majority (60%) of respondents felt satisfied with membership. However, 68% reported a lapse in membership. The most common reason for lapse was cost, followed closely by time constraints., Conclusion: Despite a high rate of member satisfaction, a majority of respondents had allowed a membership to lapse, with cost and time constraints being the most common reasons. Surgical societies should take these trends into account as they expand and recruit new membership., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Background: Emergency surgical airway is a low frequency, high risk clinical scenario. Implementing a simulation-based curriculum may bridge the gap in surgical training and address quality assurance/performance improvement (QAPI) needs., Methods: We designed and implemented an Advanced Surgical Airway Curriculum (ASAC) modeled after proficiency-based training. General Surgery residents and student nurse anesthetists were enrolled. Evaluation consisted of cognitive tests, procedure checklists and questionnaire., Results: In total, 78 participants successfully completed the ASAC. Trainees agreed that the curriculum provided the cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary to perform both an open and needle cricothyroidotomy., Conclusions: In the age of increased patient safety concerns, QAPI initiatives can serve as a driver for simulation-based training curricula, with particular focus on individualized, active learning. This may be particularly useful in high risk, low frequency scenarios in which the traditional method of "See one, Do one, Teach one," is not feasible., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for biliary dyskinesia; however, long-term outcomes remain unclear., Methods: A retrospective review of patients diagnosed with biliary dyskinesia and treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a single institution between 2001 and 2012 was conducted. Long-term outcome data were obtained by telephonic interview using a modified Likert scale., Results: Sixty-seven patients met inclusion criteria, of which 34 patients (51%) had long-term follow-up data. Mean time of follow-up was 65 (range: 6 to 134) months. Long-term follow-up demonstrated symptom response in 88% (n = 30) of patients (responders), compared to no response in 12% (n = 4) of patients (nonresponders). Responders underwent a mean of 1.56 preoperative diagnostic procedures, compared to 2.5 for nonresponders (P = .01)., Conclusion: This represents the longest mean time of follow-up study demonstrating the success of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to improve symptoms in patients with biliary dyskinesia., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)