Implementing an ACS Strong for Surgery Program (PtS) (No CME)

This session has been identified and designated as Credit to Address Regulatory Mandate for Patient Safety.

A patient’s risk of negative outcomes is often predetermined based on their risk characteristics, but also potentially modifiable in the days and weeks leading up to an operation. While much of the focus of quality initiatives is on in-hospital care, surgeons also have an opportunity to reduce complications by a standardized approach to patient optimization before hospitalization. The evidence related to preoperative optimization related to cigarette cessation, nutrition, medication management, and glucose homeostasis will be reviewed and attendees given step by step approaches to implementing effective office-based risk-reducing strategies. The session will introduce the American College of Surgeons (ACS) supported "Strong for Surgery" initiative, a program that brings preoperative checklists to physicians’ offices to improve clinical outcomes and keep surgeons ahead of the quality initiative curve.

Course Outline

Strong for Surgery National Campaign: Updates from the Frontlines 
Thomas Varghese, Jr. MD, MS, FACS, and David Flum, MD, FACS

Target Audience

  • Practicing surgeons
  • Residents

Learning Objectives

  • Apply new knowledge and ideas to improve their surgical practice
  • Adapt concepts and quality measures in support of research advancements
  • Enhance the quality of patient care

Contact

  • For questions about the course content, please contact elearning@facs.org.
  • If you have any technical questions, contact learning@facs.org.
     
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.00 Certificate of Completion
  • 0.00 Self Assessment Credit
Course opens: 
10/05/2018
Course expires: 
01/31/2020

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
relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. For additional information, please visit the ACCME website:
http://www.accme.org/requirements/accreditation-requirements-cme-providers/policies-and-definitions/financial-relationships-and-conflicts-interest

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 a activity, please report it on the evaluation. 

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Faculty and Disclosures

Rachel Kelz, MD, MSCE, MBA, FACS - No Disclosures
Margaret Schwarze, MD, FACS - No Disclosures
Thomas Varghese, Jr. MD,MS, FACS - No Disclosures
 

Program Committee and Disclosures

CHAIR: Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP, FRCSEng(Hon), Miami, FL - No Disclosures
VICE-CHAIR: David T. Cooke, MD, FACS, Sacramento, CA  - No Disclosures

Members

David C. Borgstrom, MD, FACS, Morgantown, WV - No Disclosures
Daniel L. Dent, MD, FACS, San Antonio, TX - No Disclosures
Roger R. Dmochowski, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - Allergen: Honoraria: Consultant
Audra A. Duncan, MD, FACS, London, ON - No Disclosures
Mariam F. Eskander, MD, Boston, MA - No Disclosures
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA - No Disclosures
Neil H. Hyman, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL - No Disclosures
Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures
Dennis H. Kraus, MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures
Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - No Disclosures
David A. Spain, MD, FACS, Stanford, CA - No Disclosures

Ex-Officios

Mary T. Hawn, MD, FACS, Stanford, CA - No Disclosures
Daniel M. Herron, MD, FACS, FASBMS, New York, NY - No Disclosures

Consultants

Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, FRCS(Hon), Houston, TX - No Disclosures
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA - No Disclosures
B. J. Hancock, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Winnipeg, MB - No Disclosures
Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), Seattle, WA - No Disclosures
Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures

A Certificate of Completion will be awarded.

This educational activity is not eligible for CME or CE credits.

Available Credit

  • 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.00 Certificate of Completion
  • 0.00 Self Assessment Credit
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