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Thank you for your interest in contributing to WikiAnesthesia!  Your contributions are what allow this community to grow and flourish.  Being a contributor will allow you to share your experience and knowledge with an international community of professional colleagues.  Your contributions will help providers at the bedside and ultimately translate into improved patient care.  



In addition to helping your professional colleagues, contributing to WikiAnesthesia can be counted as scholarly work.  Such contributions can help satisfy academic requirements for graduation or promotion.  Detailed below are the ways that contributions to WikiAnesthesia can be recognized.

== Resident Scholarly Activity ==

The American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that residents participate in scholarly activities<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Anesthesiology|url=https://www.acgme.org/Portals/0/PFAssets/ProgramRequirements/040_Anesthesiology_2020_TCC.pdf?ver=2020-06-18-133042-890|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>.  The nature of the scholarly work can include discovery, integration, application, teaching, and dissemination of knowledge.  In addition, a resident's scholarly work must be documented and ultimately certified by program directors.


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