The 29th Annual Refresher Course & Update in General Surgery Series is designed and implemented inter-professionally by physicians and nurses. This webinar series is designed for General and Specialty Surgeons and non-surgical physicians interested in the following areas: gastrointestinal, colon and rectal, critical care, endocrine, and trauma; physician assistants, nurses and other health professionals who care for surgical patients.
This comprehensive series is dedicated to training surgeons using the latest surgical techniques and innovative procedures, including minimally invasive surgery, and robotic surgery, as well as the management of other surgical diseases.
Leading experts will discuss the management and treatment options from a general surgical perspective. This series assists in decision-making for multiple areas of surgical practice. The subject matter selected is a cross-section of the cutting edge surgical practice of today and new developments in: hernia, breast, colorectal along with trauma & acute care surgery. Each night will include a panel discussion / question and answer session.
The intention of the program is to increase knowledge of surgical disease, to analyze the result of new approaches or techniques for managing disease and to examine new concepts in surgical science. The intended result of this activity is increased knowledge, performance, competence, skill and enhanced patient care regarding surgical disease, analyzing new approaches or techniques for managing disease and examining new concepts in surgical science.
At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between various types of hernias and identify appropriate management.
- Assess clinical evidence and recommendations in the treatment of breast cancer.
- Identify new surgical and non-surgical management strategies for trauma.
- Formulate surgical treatment strategies for diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus.