Emergency General Surgery (EGS) SCR Training

The ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program® (ACS NSQIP®) Emergency General Surgery Surgical Clinical Reviewer training program provides SCRs with consistent instruction on the intent and importance of capturing both operative and non-operative EGS cases, the EGS data collection process, the EGS specific variables and definitions, and creation and data entry of these specialty cases into the registry platform.

Contact

For questions pertaining to the content of this training, sampling, or abstracting the EGS variables please contact Adult NSQIP Clinical Support at clinicalsupport@acsnsqip.org. 

For questions pertaining to EGS Verification, please contact ACS Verification at acsquality@facs.org.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course:

  • You will be able to summarize the intent of abstracting and evaluating Emergency General Surgery (EGS) patients.
  • You will be able to identify how capturing these patients can help improve the care of the surgical patient population at your facility.
  • You will be able to apply the EGS specific sampling method, variables, and definitions. 
  • You will be able to recognize and abstract EGS occurrences and preoperative risk factors. 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 CE Contact hours
  • 1.00 Certificate of Completion
Course opens: 
06/06/2024
Course expires: 
03/31/2025

A certificate of completion will be provided after course completion. 

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American College of Surgeons, California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP17134.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 CE Contact hours
  • 1.00 Certificate of Completion
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Hardware/Software Requirements

Compatible Browsers

  • Windows: Microsoft Edge (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version)
  • Mac: Safari (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version)
  • Mobile: Safari in Apple iOS 10 or later, Google Chrome in Apple iOS 10 or later, Google Chrome in Android OS 4.4 or later

Additional Software

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Microsoft Office® Excel and Word