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:

  • Analyze Workforce Modeling: Explain the primary metrics and institutional factors used to determine surgical staffing levels at the hospital level.
  • Evaluate Stakeholder Dynamics: Identify key stakeholders in surgical workforce planning and understand their competing priorities 
  • Assess Career Pathways: Formulate personal career priorities by evaluating different surgical practice models, workload structures, and professional lifestyle factors.
  • Appraise Systems Leadership: Describe the importance of surgical leadership at all levels to impact strategic workforce decisions and institutional alignment.
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director:
Tracy Wang, MD
Professor
Department of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin-Froedtert

Speaker:

Partick Murphy, MD
Associate 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.

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, MDIntuitiveConsultant

Contact

Name: 
Theresa Neitzel
Email: 
[email protected]

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: 
11/04/2026 - 7:30am to 8:30am CST
Location: 
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Avenue
Helfaer Auditorium
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
United States
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  • 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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