Online General Surgery CME: Expert Clinical Guidance
An in-depth video CME program, Comprehensive Review of General Surgeryaddresses the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management of patients with a wide spectrum of diseases, including those who may require nonoperative, elective, and emergency surgical treatment.
Evidence-based continuing medical education lectures provide guidance in determining accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatments, as well as direction for managing uncommonly encountered conditions and complications. Skilled, accomplished faculty share their clinical expertise, specialized knowledge, and experience to help you achieve the best possible patient outcomes.
* Date of Original Release: October 31, 2024
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
Discuss the management options for acute transfusion reactions
Define the goals of treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ
Identify causes of infant bowel obstruction
Name the most common surgical gastrointestinal emergencies
Explain the initial evaluation and initial management of the burn patient
Recognize the indications for resuscitative thoracotomy
Describe breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer
Differentiate between acute pancreatitis and its complications and chronic pancreatitis and its complications
Describe the surgical approaches for splenectomy
Summarize the surgical technique for elective cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones
Discuss the surgical goals for incisional hernias
List the possible obstetric outcomes from surgery in pregnancy
3. Transfusion Medicine and Anticoagulant Management – Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH
4. Concepts in Anesthesia – Kate Cohen, MD
5. Perioperative Care – David L. Hepner, MD
6. Head and Neck Evaluation – Rosh Kumar Viasha Sethi, MD
7. Thoracic Surgery for General Surgeons – Jon O. Wee, MD
8. Surgical Critical Care – Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections – Mohammad R. Afrasiabi, MD
9. Ethics – Elizabeth Lilley, MD, MPH
10. Organ Transplantation – Principles of Immunosuppression, Alloimmunity, and Basic Concepts of Kidney – Liver – Pancreas Transplantation – Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, FACS