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ForwardThis 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
- Physicians
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Nurses
Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:
Jennifer Schuh, MD: "Water Bead Ingestion in Children: An Expanding Threat"
- Recognize the clinical presentation and diagnostic challenges associated with pediatric water bead ingestion, including delayed symptom onset, radiolucent foreign bodies, and variable imaging findings.
- Identify patient and ingestion-related risk factors associated with severe morbidity and the need for operative intervention, including age younger than 2 years and ingestion of multiple water beads.
- Apply evidence-based operative and perioperative management strategies for pediatric water bead ingestion, including appropriate use of endoscopy, enterotomy, and systematic evaluation for retained foreign bodies to reduce recurrent obstruction and reoperation.
Jaclyn VanDerWal, MD " Prehospital System for Trauma Patients in Peru"
- Describe the current structure, strengths, and limitations of the prehospital emergency care system in Lima, Peru.
- Analyze findings from a comprehensive needs assessment to identify key gaps and opportunities for system improvement.
- Discuss potential innovations and implementation strategies to strengthen future prehospital care delivery in Lima, Peru.
Professor
Department of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin-Froedtert
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Jennifer Schuh, MD
- Jaclyn VanDerWal, MD
The following persons in control of content disclosed the following financial relationships which were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest mitigation process and addressed.
Name | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Tracy Wang, MD | Intuitive | Consultant |
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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.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 1.00 Hours of ParticipationHours of Participation credit.