FAQs - 2020 Hardship Modifications to Training Requirements

Please use the links below to access specialty-specific FAQs pertaining to the global recommendations and hardship modifications for 2020 announced by ABS in March.

Unless noted otherwise, these hardship modifications apply to individuals completing training in 2020 only. As we begin to understand the impact of COVID-19 and the tools, options, and situational changes employed during this time, we will be better positioned to make recommendations for the future trainees.

Specialty-specific FAQs:

• 2020 General Surgery Hardship Modification FAQs
• 2020 Vascular Surgery Hardship Modification FAQs
• 2020 Pediatric Surgery Hardship Modification FAQs
• 2020 Surgical Critical Care Hardship Modification FAQs
• 2020 Complex General Surgical Oncology Hardship Modification FAQs