Welcome to the Learning Library

at CITIZENSURGEON

There is a tremendous amount of content being developed at CITIZENSURGEON and this is where you can begin your journey in surgical education.

In Basic Science I'm going to take you through the foundational topics in surgery.  We're going to talk about inflammation and the metabolic response to injury.  We're going to go through nutrition, coagulation and wound healing.  You are going to get comfortable with fluid and electrolytes.  It's all here in basic science and I strongly recommend starting here if you are new to surgery.

In Clinical Surgery I will take you through the various systems of the body.  I've organized these talks into surgical anatomy and physiology, diagnoses and then treatments.  I definitely recommend starting with the anatomy and physiology videos and articles before you dive into diagnosis and treatment so that you can fully understand the topic.

In Trauma Surgery I discuss the major topics in trauma which will include the video, the four major takeaways and the notes for each trauma subject.  I definitely recommend beginning with the initial assessment in trauma as that's going to give you the foundation of triage, primary and secondary survey, as well as how I like to approach the trauma patient and setting up a trauma resuscitation.  After that go for the topic you're most interested in learning.

I hope you find what you need and if you can't find it, reach out to me at erik@citizensurgeon.com and I'll help you figure it out!