Practical Reviews

General Surgery CME

Practical Reviews: A lifeline for physicians, from physicians.

How Does Practical Reviews help you stay afloat?

read the summary

of a curated article selected for you

listen to commentary

whenever and wherever it’s convenient

take a quiz

and get instant pass/fail notification

earn CME credit

and satisfy most Maintenance of Certification requirements

Each month, you receive curated journal summaries providing new medical updates, a source of continuing medical education credits and where to go for more in-depth reviews. In addition, our audio commentaries tell you whether the new information confirms current protocols or suggests a practice change.

You can improve patient care and outcomes by incorporating new approaches into your practice, while earning unlimited online CME credits by taking quizzes and receiving instant pass/fail notifications. With our new and improved mobile app, you can access Practical Reviews on the road, during workouts, between patients — whatever is easiest and most convenient.

This is continuing medical education your way.

Recent General Surgery journal summaries and CME include:

Randomized clinical trial of liposomal bupivacaine transverse abdominis plane block versus intrathecal analgesia in colorectal surgery.

Quality of Life After Curative Resection for Rectal Cancer in Patients Treated With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Compared With Observation: Results of the Randomized Phase III SCRIPT Trial..

Impact of Breast Surgery in Primary Metastasized Breast Cancer: Outcomes of the Prospective Randomized Phase III ABCSG-28 POSYTIVE Trial.

PLUS…related key topics in other available specialties, including neurology, pediatrics and pain management.

These leaders in General Surgery save you hours of reading — and keep you current.

Practical Reviews is your General Surgery lifeline.

Get vital updates from major General Surgery journals, including:

  • American Journal of Medicine
  • American Journal of Surgery
  • American Surgeon
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Annals of Surgery
  • Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Archives of Internal Medicine
  • Archives of Surgery
  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Cancer
  • Chest
  • Clinical Infectious Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
  • Endoscopy
  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
  • Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • Journal of Trauma
  • The Lancet
  • The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
  • Surgery
  • Surgical Endoscopy
  • Surgical Infections
  • Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy
  • World Journal of Surgery