Preoperative Evaluation and Surgical Readiness in the Modern Era

Friday, February 28, 2025, 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Volney Richmond Auditorium, Seattle, WA

Primary care providers and specialists working with perioperative patients are integral to assessing and optimizing patient readiness for surgery. This half-day course is designed to be an engaging and highly practical course tailored to enhance your skills in risk stratification, optimizing comorbidities, and preparing your patients for surgical success.

Goals for this course include:

1. Master Risk Stratification in Preoperative Care
•Shift from "clearing" patients to truly assessing their surgical risk.
•Evaluate the risk of Major Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events (MACCE) based on patient comorbidities and the type and urgency of surgery.

2. Deepen Your Understanding of Surgical Readiness
•Develop a comprehensive approach to individualizing surgical readiness for each patient.
•Discover key factors affecting comorbid conditions—such as DM2, HTN, CAD, exercise tolerance, asthma/COPD — and their impact on perioperative risk.

3. Enhance Perioperative Orders and Recommendations
•Assess when to use lab tests, diagnostics, and specialty referrals to optimize outcomes.  
•Get insights into prehabilitation, smoking cessation protocols, and when to consider tests like NT-pro BNP, EKGs, TTE, TEE, and more.

4. Become a Confident Evaluator of Preoperative Readiness
•Boost your confidence with evidence-based guidelines and a practical preoperative checklist for assessing and documenting surgical readiness.
•Review the latest medical evidence that can directly enhance your perioperative decision-making process.

5. Discover the Future of Perioperative Medicine  
•Explore the evolving field of perioperative medicine, emphasizing the benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration for delivering excellent perioperative care.

Teaching methods include lecture, Q&A with faculty, and case presentation.

1. Discuss how the field of preoperative evaluation has evolved over the past few years
2. Review the anesthesiologist perspective of surgical readiness
3. Apply a systems-based approach to stratifying a patient’s risk of major cardiac or cerebrovascular events (MACCE) based on the patient’s intrinsic comorbidities and the risks of the proposed surgery
4. Discuss the effect of perioperative optimization on patient outcomes
5. Select diagnostic tests relative to patient history
6. Utilize shared decision making for non-urgent surgery where optimizing patient readiness may improve outcomes
7. Examine the future directions of perioperative medicine, the potential of the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) to reduce length of stay, improve functional outcomes and lower costs without increasing complications or readmission rates

Register to attend this half day course in person or participate via livestream:

$85.00 - Attend in person

$85.00 - Attend via Livestream - link will be provided.

Online registration will be open through Wednesday, February 26, 2025. For registration assistance, call the CME department at 206.341.0142 or email [email protected].

The Virginia Mason Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Virginia Mason Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAFP: The AAFP has reviewed Preoperative Evaluation and Surgical Readiness in the Modern Era and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 02/28/2025 to 02/28/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABA MOC: This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

 ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Parking: Parking is not included with registration. Virginia Mason's downtown parking facilities are limited and reserved for patients, therefore we offer this map of public lots with walking routes to the Lindeman Pavilion.

Seattle Public transportation: Metro Bus routes serving the First Hill neighborhood include 2, 10, 12, 60, 193, and 303. Please consult the Metro Trip Planner for route information and schedules.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (3.50 hours), AAFP Prescribed Credits (3.50 hours), ABA MOCA Part 2 (3.50 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (3.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (3.50 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Virginia Mason Medical Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Friday, February 28, 2025