This meeting is designed for physicians to review cases involving Metabolic surgery complications including, but not limited to VTE complications, such as DVT, PE, PMVT, surgical site infections, GI bleeds and reoperations. Physicians will discuss current practices, focusing on gaps in practice. A special focus will be towards our annual quality metric, this year being VTE prophylaxis protocol and bleeding, as well as surgical site infections. The meeting will examine how the lack of a standardized VTE protocol has impacted patient outcomes, including bleeding, readmissions, and reoperations. The goal is to develop evidence-based solutions to enhance patient safety and reduce morbidity and mortality in surgical care.

Course Director:

• Selwan Barbat, MD  

Overall Objectives:

1. Develop a QI project and an evidence based VTE protocol to identify patients who need extended chemoprophylaxis    
2. Correlate our VTE rates, bleeding rates with the scope of our QI project    
3. Examine patient outcomes in relation to the QI project and VTE protocol developed    
4. Examine cases of surgical site infection after MBS

Target Audience:  
This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health 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.

Credit Statement(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Board Recognition Statement(s)

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement 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.