Online Learning Management System for Residency Programs

AAOMS has launched a new Surgical Council on Resident Education (SCORE) for OMS, a learning management system for residency programs. The SCORE portal is available at Surgicalcore.org.

SCORE is designed to improve the education of surgical trainees through a standardized, peer-reviewed curriculum. For residency programs, the AAOMS Committee on Education and Training and the OMS Faculty Section have developed OMS-specific content – including about 90 OMS modules, 210 peer-reviewed self-assessment questions and access to Dr. Raymond Fonseca’s three-volume Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery textbook.

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SCORE for OMS Features

SCORE is designed to improve the education of surgical trainees through a standardized, peer-reviewed curriculum. The SCORE portal includes:

• About 90 OMS modules and 210 peer-reviewed self-assessment questions that include:
  • Learning Objectives – Ten learning objectives developed by surgical content expert with direct links to related resources.
  • Discussion Questions – Three open-ended questions to allow residents to assess their understanding of the topic.
  • Text Resources and Videos – Textbook chapters, practice guidelines, procedure guidelines and operative videos.
  • Self-Assessment Quizzes – Five multiple-choice questions on the topic.
• Access to Dr. Raymond Fonseca’s three-volume Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery textbook.
• Access to hundreds of non-OMS modules and surgical videos as well as multiple textbooks.

Residents can use the portal to:

• Prepare for operative cases.
• Prepare for weekly conferences and other events.
• Improve their knowledge about patient care.
• Learn about topics not emphasized in current curriculum.
• Build their own self-study/learning plan.
• Study for the OMSITE exam.

Programs can use the portal to:

• Assign modules or other SCORE resources in preparation for weekly conferences or other events.
• Use resources to cover conditions or procedures not typically seen at their institution.
• Incorporate materials into presentations and face-to-face teaching.
• Use the open-ended discussion questions as the basis for discussion in group teaching sessions/rounds.
• Create rotation-based curricula.
• Remediate residents who have identified opportunities for improvement.
• Develop resident-specific OMSITE curriculum.

Program administrators and faculty can assign modules and view reports on residents' progress by category, module, PGY level or resident.

SCORE for OMS FAQs

What is the SCORE Portal?

The SCORE Portal is a platform that provides residents and residency programs high-quality educational materials and opportunities for structured self-learning. The platform includes educational materials on all areas of general surgery and related specialties, including oral and maxillofacial surgery. Learning resources on the portal include:

• More than 800 module topics
• This Week in SCORE – a topic-of-the-week program
• Chapters from 13 leading surgical textbooks
• 2300-plus multiple choice questions for resident self-assessment
• 220-plus narrated operative videos

Why is SCORE for OMS important?

SCORE for OMS was developed as a national curriculum for oral and maxillofacial surgery that  can streamline resident education into a unified learning platform. In addition to a national curriculum, SCORE for OMS offers comprehensive online learning that can be accessible to users anywhere they are connected online. 

How can a program use SCORE for OMS?

Programs can use the portal to:

• Assign modules or other SCORE resources in preparation for weekly conferences or other events.
• Use This Week in SCORE and other resources to cover conditions not typically seen at their institution.
• Incorporate materials into presentations and face-to-face teaching.
• Use the open-ended discussion questions as the basis for discussion in group teaching sessions.
• Create rotation-based curricula through This Week in SCORE or with other SCORE resources.

What’s included with a subscription?

A subscription includes a user account for one program director, one program coordinator and five faculty or additional administrative personnel. Any number of residents, fellows, medical students and physician extenders- in-training may be added for an additional cost per user.

Users will have access to the SCORE portal, which includes SCORE for OMS as well as general surgery and other specialty content.

How can I contribute to SCORE for OMS?

Email advancededucation@aaoms.org if you are interested in contributing to SCORE for OMS. If an opportunity to write a module becomes available, AAOMS staff or a SCORE section editor will contact you.