2023 - 2024 Surgery Grand Rounds Special Sessions
Series Overview
The Department of Surgery Grand Rounds features presentations relating to best practices in surgery, teamwork, and groundbreaking clinical research. Grand Rounds features a variety of surgical specialties, in order to best represent the population of clinicians and learners within the department and to broaden surgical knowledge outside of one’s direct specialty. We invite presenters from campus and across the world to provide meaningful learning experiences to members of our department.
Intended Audience
MD/DO, RN, Physician Assistants, Residents, and Students.
Learning Objectives
As a result of participation in this educational series, members of the healthcare team will be able to:
- Apply new knowledge of surgical research and practice, within and outside the domain pertaining to the participant's surgical specialty
- Apply new knowledge and skills into values-informed, patient-centered surgery practice
- Contribute to the institutional quality improvement effort to improve patient care by integrating new knowledge towards effectively communicating across different specialties, professions and clinician teams when providing care to patients undergoing surgery
- Discuss treatment, in learning environments as well as patient population, of diverse backgrounds
POLICY ON FACULTY AND SPONSOR DISCLOSURE
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation. For this accredited continuing education activity, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
* Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests.
Detailed disclosures will be available prior to the start of the activity.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP 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. |
American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. | |
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 ANCC contact hours. | |
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) | |
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. | |
American Board of Surgery | |
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME with self-assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. | |
Continuing Education Units The University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a member of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), authorizes this program for 0.2 continuing education units (CEUs) or 2 hours. |