UPMC HAMOT SCHOOL OF ANESTHESIA 2nd ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

September 14, 2024

The UPMC Hamot School of Anesthesia 2nd Annual Symposium is designed to provide high quality continuing education lectures to assist attendees in staying up to date in the practice of anesthesia, while providing opportunities to exchange ideas and approaches with fellow colleagues. It will offer pertinent, affordable continuing education for our local population of anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, resident registered nurse anesthetists, and registered nurses seeking more information about anesthesia, and anesthesia technicians, UPMC Hamot is bordered by Ohio and New York and contains the busiest emergency room (70,000 visits annually) in the UPMC Health Care System.  The professional practice gaps in current practice are related to the rapidly changing ways of accomplishing surgical results. (ie: robotic bronchoscopy with onsite pathology versus standard bronchoscopy).

Target Audience

-Physicians

-Nurses

-Nurse Practitioners 

 

Learning Objectives

  •  The learner will recognize current stressors in health-care professions.
  • The learner will follow instructions to employ brief stress-relieving techniques while in a clinical setting.
  • The learner will be able to summarize the evolution and progression of ophthalmic surgery transitioning from hospitals in the early 2000s to surgery centers and currently to office-based sites.
  • The learner will be able to describe the concept of fast brain versus slow brain thinking and explain the characteristics of each type.
  • The learner will be able to state potential biases and thinking errors that arise from the various types of decision making and ways of framing a problem.
  • The learner will be able to relate the advantages and disadvantages of each type of decision making to a variety of decisions including clinical situations in anesthesia practice.
  • The learner will be able to identify GLP-1 agonist medications
  • The learner will be able to describe the mechanism of action of GLP-1 agonist medications.
  • The learner will be able to list the anesthesia considerations for patients actively taking GLP-1 agonist medications.
  • The learner will know the APSF and ASA current guidelines for patients taking GLP-1 agonist medications.
  • The learner will describe the evolution of bronchoscopy to the current utilization of robotic bronchoscopy.
  • The learner will be able to identify anesthesia considerations while providing anesthesia for a patient having a robotic bronchoscopy.
  • The learner will be able to identify patient contraindications for having a robotic bronchoscopy.
  • The learner will be able to list the state regulations that pertain to anesthesia providers in Pennsylvania.
  • The learner will be able to understand the policy implications and current status of pending legislation that impacts anesthesia providers.
  • The learner will be able to describe the effective approaches to initiating or continuing professional engagement for anesthesia providers.
  • The learner will be able to identify an effective QI project for facilities to prepare for a pediatric airway emergency.
  • The learner will be able to identify methods to assess staff confidence in identifying and assisting with management of an airway emergency.
  • The learner will be able to verbalize what should be stocked in an emergency airway cart to ensure minimum safety standards are met.
  • The learner will be able to describe the medical complications of advanced liver disease including hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, coagulopathy and variceal bleeding.
  • The learner will be able to identify anesthesia precautions and challenges in cirrhosis.
  • The learner will be able to identify liver transplant and organ preservation advances.
  • The learner will be able to describe the pathway to Fontan physiology.
  • The learner will be able to identify nuances of Fontan physiology
  • The learner will bel able to list immediate and long-term outcomes of the Fontan operation
  • The learner will be able to discuss future approaches to single-ventricle palliation.
  • The learner will be able to define operation efficiency in surgical services.
  • The learn will be able to identify best ways to evaluate operation efficiency
  • The learner will be able to convey one specific method for improving operation efficiency.
  • The learner will be able to identify signs and symptoms of malignant hyperthermia.
  • The learner will be able to state the steps for treating malignant hyperthermia.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 10.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 10.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/12/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
09/14/2024 - 3:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/14/2024 - 12:00pm EDT
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Bayfront Convention Cetner
Erie, PA
United States

 RACHEL A. WOLFE, DNP, CRNA,

HEATHER KLOECKER, BSN, RN

DAVID ALMEIDA, MD

BEN ADCOCK, DNP

LAURA WIGGINS, DNP, CRNA

STEPHEN KOVACS, DO

JESSICA POOLE, DNAP,CRNA

RUTHANN LIPMAN, DO

KRISTINA KUZIMIR, DO

MATTHEW KLINGE, MD

PHIL ADAMS, DO

CYNTHIA WELLS, MD

DON LARMON, DNP, CRNA,

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 

ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)

A maximum of 10.0 nursing contact hours will be awarded. Participants will be able to claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the program.

Other Healthcare Professionals

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 10.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 10.00 Attendance
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