From the University of Pittsburgh Anesthesiology Perioperative Update Series. Special Topics in Perioperative Medicine is an online CME program targeting the pre-surgical and perioperative optimization of patient care. Lectures range from risk assessment and shared decision making, frailty and resilience of the surgical patient, and perioperative telemedicine, to setting up a perioperative medicine clinic, prehabilitation, anemia management, and POCUS.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
– Explain how anesthesiologists can help their organizations improve outcomes and manage costs by expanding their roles in perioperative care
– Identify patients at excess perioperative risk using risk stratification tools, and optimize modifiable risk factors
– Apply decision aids and shared decision making in discussions with other physicians and with patients in perioperative clinic
Intended Audience
Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, intensivists and perioperative medicine specialists.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
Perioperative Risk Assessment
Michael Gemma, MD
Shared Decision Making & Practical Use of Risk Assessment
Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc, FACS
Perioperative Telemedicine
A. Murat Kaynar, MD, MPH
Perioperative Anemia/PBM
Michael Boisen, MD, FASE
Exercise Prehabilitation
Joshua McAnulty, MD
Point of Care Ultrasound – POCUS
Luca LaColla, MD
Perioperative Medicine Beta-Lactam Allergy
Brian Gierl, MD
Unmet Needs in Perioperative Care and Solutions
Stephen A. Esper, MD, MBA
Frailty and Resilience in the Surgical Patient
Sean Dechancie, DO
Nutrition Optimization
Huong-Tram Duran, MD
Date of Original Release: June 15, 2021
Date Credits Expire: June 15, 2024
Estimated Time to Complete: 7.00 hours
