Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Symposium
Posted 5 months ago by Melissa Eslinger
Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development is having a Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Symposium May 15-18, 2024, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
This widely applicable CME conference focuses on enhancing patient care by providing:
- Expert knowledge and skill sets in acute care surgery for advanced practitioners.
- The latest principals of trauma, critical care and emergency surgery.
- Topics that are geared towards the utilization of advanced practitioners in the management of emergency general surgery.
- Multiple educational formats, including didactic sessions, hands-on workshops/simulations, and case presentations.
| M.D., Ph.D., Scientists | $1000 |
| NP, PA, Retirees, Allied Health | $900 |
| Don’t be Scared of the Dark - Live and Livestream | May 15 Wednesday 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
$150 |
| Wound Debridement Workshop - Live only | May 16 Thursday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
$150 |
Target Audience
This course is designed for advanced practice providers including physician assistants and nurse practitioners. In addition, military members, physicians, clinical nurse specialists, nurse educators and nursing staff in trauma, acute care surgery, emergency medicine, and hospital medicine may benefit from this course.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe a systematic approach to assessment and management of the trauma and acute care patients.
- Formulate an action plan based on scientific rationale, evidence-based standards of care, and practice management guidelines for trauma and acute care patients.
- Define common organ failure syndromes in the critically ill, such as respiratory failure, shock, and sepsis.
- Describe management of the pre and post-acute care surgical patients.
- Choose appropriate and timely consultation and/or referral when necessary in the trauma acute care surgery populations.
- Evaluate the global hospital census trends and the relation to trauma system development within a healthcare system.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Visit the Symposium site for more information and to register.