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ACS Current Trends in General Surgery: Trauma, Critical Care, and Vascular
The American College of Surgeons Division of Education is pleased to present this online course, Current Trends in General Surgery: Trauma, Critical Care, and Vascular. This virtual course is designed to provide new knowledge or reinforce existing concepts for use in surgical practice, and to assist in preparation for examinations. It is a pragmatic review covering essential content areas in general surgery.
Course Content
- Hemorrhagic Shock Resuscitation
- Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)
- Trauma to the Head and Neck
- Thoracic Trauma
- Blunt Abdominal Trauma
- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma 1 and 2
- Extremity and Pelvic Trauma
- Vascular Trauma
- Burns and Thermal Injury
- Sepsis and Septic Shock
- Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU
- Basics of Ventilator Management
- Pulmonary Critical Care
- Common Cardiac Problems in the ICU
- Extracorporeal Life Support (ECMO)
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Nutrition
- Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid/Base Abnormalities
- Venous Insufficiency
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Carotid Artery Disease
Target Audience
General Surgeons and other surgeons interested in the current practice of general surgery.
Learning Objectives
This educational activity is intended for general surgeons and others seeking a review of general surgery. The course is designed to provide new knowledge or reinforce existing concepts for use in surgical practice, and to assist in preparation for examinations. Learning objectives include:
- Extract new information on key topics in General Surgery such as the Alimentary Tract, Endocrine and Soft Tissue, Oncology, Perioperative Care, Skin and Breast, Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, Specialty Care, and Vascular Surgery.
- Articulate and use newly acquired knowledge directly in clinical settings to enhance patient care outcomes.
- Recognize specific areas for enhancing medical expertise and patient care practices, while also evolving personal improvement strategies.
Contact
- For additional information, contact Michelle McNeilly, MHA, Senior Manager, at mmcneilly@facs.org, or Natalie Loper, MPPA, Administrator, at nloper@facs.org.
- For any technical questions, contact learning@facs.org.
Disclosure Information
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Ineligible company
The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
Financial Relationships
Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.
Conflict of Interest
Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.
The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
Planning Committee Disclosures
Andrew Kastenmeier, MD, FACS - Planner and Course Co-chair, for this educational event, has financial relationship(s) with: 1) Gore as an educator and received an honorarium.
Laura J. Moore, MD, FACS - Planner and Course Chair, for this educational event, has financial relationship(s) with: 1) Frontline Medical Technologies as a Chair for the Clinical Adv. Board and received stock. 2) Decisio Health Inc is a Clinical Co-founder and received stock.
Speakers / Faculty Disclosures
Megan L. Brenner, MD, FACS - Faculty, for this educational event, has financial relationship(s) with: 1) Up to Date as a speaker and received royalties.
Matthew Harting, MD, FACS - Faculty for this educational event has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Kyle J. Kalkwarf, MD, FACS - Faculty for this educational event has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
David E. Meyer, MD, FACS - Faculty for this educational event has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Laura J. Moore, MD, FACS - Faculty for this educational event, has financial relationship(s) with: 1) Frontline Medical Technologies as a Chair for the Clinical Adv. Board and received stock. 2) Decisio Health Inc is a Clinical Co-founder and received stock.
Rachel S. Morris, MD, FACS - Faculty, for this educational event, has financial relationship(s) with: 1) Advanced Trauma Analytics as CEO.
Melissa Stewart, MD, FACS - Faculty for this educational event has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Dia Waguespack, MD - Faculty, for this educational event, has financial relationship(s) with: 1) Amgen as a speaker and received consulting fees. 2) Davita as a consultant and received stock.
Shihuan K. Wang, MD, RPVI - Faculty for this educational event has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Catherine M. Wittgen, MD, FACS - Faculty for this educational event has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Continuing Medical Education Credit Information
Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 11.25 credits meet the requirements for Self-Assessment.
* The content of this activity may meet certain mandates of regulatory bodies. Please note that ACS has not and does not verify the content for such mandates with any regulatory body. Individual physicians are responsible for verifying the content satisfies such requirements.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
By completing this activity, you give us permission to share your CME data with the CME Accrediting provider and the American Board of Surgery via the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
CME Credit Claiming Information
Please complete the overall course evaluation to claim a CME Certificate or a Certificate of Completion. The course evaluation will appear once you take and complete this course. The following requirements need to be completed:
- Complete the pre/posttest
- Review all course materials (videos and PDFs)
- Course evaluation
Participants may only claim a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
To receive Self-Assessment Credit for this course, participants must complete the posttest with a passing score of at least 75%. Learners that do not achieve a 75% or greater on their first try are able to retake the posttest, until a passing score is obtained.
Available Credit
- 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 11.25 Certificate of Completion
- 11.25 Self Assessment Credit
Course Registration
You will be asked to register for the course and provide information to complete the registration process. Once you have completed the registration process, an email will be sent to you with the confirmation and course login information.
Course Fee
$300 for ACS members
$425 for Non-members
To Start Course
Once you have completed the registration process, you will see the "Take Course" button above, click on the button to start/access the educational activity.