The Association of Program Directors in Surgery is the society for the program directors and the educational coordinators who provide the education, obtain the resources, coordinate the educational activities within hospitals and, often for continuing education, who recruit the faculties and teach the residents on a daily basis. The Association provides a forum for the exchange of information and for discussion on a wide range of subjects related to post-graduate surgical education; it maintains high standards of residency training in general surgery and the specialties of surgery by improving graduate education. The journal is also affiliated with these organizations: