Program Description: 

This educational activity is designed to incorporate evidence-based pathophysiology, diagnosis, and/or treatment of surgical disorders into clinical practice. Speakers will utilize their personal, institutional, and evidence-based experience to address patient health care conditions requiring clinical and surgical treatment. Speakers will also utilize departmental quality improvement data, M&M data, and patient safety data to improve outcomes of surgical disease and other aspects of surgical patients’ general health. Evidence-based data regarding the changing aspects/newer approaches to surgical disease will be analyzed, and critical issues related to surgery within the broader scope of American health care will be discussed.

Key Words: Surgery, Surgical Innovation, Surgical Education

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

  • Review modern wartime injuries and the indications for damage control resuscitation and surgery
  • Review vascular injury patterns with ‘forward’ management principles
  • Review noteworthy civilian healthcare advances that have resulted from the Global War on Terrorism
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director:
Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin-Froedtert
 
Speaker:
Dawn M. Coleman, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division Chief, Vascular and Endovascular, Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH

  • Dawn M. Coleman, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division Chief, Vascular and Endovascular, Surgery, Duke University Medical Center

 

Contact

Name: 
Theresa Neitzel
Email: 
tneitzel@mcw.edu

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Session date: 
01/31/2024 - 7:30am to 8:30am CST
Location: 
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Avenue
Helfaer Auditorium
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
United States
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Add to calendar: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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