Developing an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol: Best Practices to Reduce Complications in Surgical Patients
Premiere Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2021This activity offers CE credit for:
- Physicians (CME)
- Nurses (CNE)
- Pharmacists (ACPE)
- ABIM (MOC)
- ABA (MOC)
- ABS (CC)
- Other
All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Credit Expiration Date:
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available
 | Olle Ljungqvist, MD, PhD (Moderator) Professor of Surgery Örebro University Örebro, Sweden Affiliated professor of Surgery Nutrition & Metabolism Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden |
 | Allyson R. Cochran, MSPH Senior Clinical Data Manager Carolinas Center for Surgical Outcomes Science Department of Surgery Atrium Health Charlotte, NC |
 | Ryan C. Craner, MD Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Simulation Center Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ Medical Director, Post Anesthesiology Care Unit Mayo Clinic Hospital, AZ Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Phoenix, AZ |
 | Richard H. Parrish II, PhD, FCCP, BCPS Professor of Pharmacology Department of Biomedical Sciences Mercer University School of Medicine Board-Certified Clinical Pharmacist and Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Macon, GA |
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) protocols represent comprehensive, multidisciplinary efforts to expedite postoperative recovery while reducing avoidable complications. Successful implementation of these protocols requires proper coordination between the surgeon, anesthesiologist, nursing personnel, pharmacist, patient, and patient's caregivers in the postoperative period. This has led to a need for interdisciplinary education to ensure that all team members are equipped to optimize patient outcomes.
In this CME Outfitters Live and OnDemand webcast, expert faculty will give evidence supporting the integration of ERAS protocols and discuss employing them across interdisciplinary teams in order to facilitate collaboration, including the routine documentation of outcomes and evaluation of ERAS protocols.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the evidence that supports integration of ERAS protocols with the interdisciplinary surgical team.
- Employ ERAS protocols across interdisciplinary teams for the optimal management of surgical patients.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to routinely document outcomes and evaluate ERAS protocols.
The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:
- Describe the evidence that supports integration of ERAS protocols with the interdisciplinary surgical team.
- Summarize how to employ ERAS protocols across interdisciplinary teams for the optimal management of surgical patients.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to routinely document outcomes and evaluate ERAS protocols.
Supported by an educational grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.
Surgeons, post-anesthesia and post-surgery unit clinicians, critical care clinicians, hospital and surgery center pharmacists, anesthesiologists, and nurse anesthetists
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE Credit (Nurses):
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15510, for 1.5 contact hours.
Note to Nurse Practitioners: Nurse Practitioners can apply for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). AANP will accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Nurse practitioners can also apply for credit through their state boards.
CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs) Universal Activity Number:
Enduring: JA0007185-0000-21-126-H01-P
Type: Knowledge-based
ABIM/MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 medical knowledge 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.
Learning Formats
Enduring material
Note to PAs: PAs may claim a maximum of 1.5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
Royal College MOC: Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME's "CME in Support of MOC" program in Section 3 of the Royal College's MOC Program.
MIPS Improvement Activity: This activity counts towards MIPS Improvement Activity requirements under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.
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Disclosure Declaration
It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this CE activity. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and attempted to resolve any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that these relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.
Dr. Ljungqvist reports that he is on the speakers bureau for B. Braun, DE; Encare AB, SE; and Pharmacosmos, DK. He is on the advisory committee for Nutricia AS, NL. He receives other financial support as founder and shareholder of Encare AB, SE.
Ms. Cochran reports that she receives research support from Abbott Nutrition.
Dr. Craner has no disclosures to report.
Dr. Parrish has no disclosures to report.
Mae Ochoa, RPh (peer reviewer) has no disclosures to report.
Warren Beckman (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Maria Glukhovsky, PharmD (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Jan Perez (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Sharon Tordoff (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Disclosures were obtained from the CME Outfitters, LLC staff: No disclosures to report.
Faculty of this CE activity may include discussions of products or devices that are not currently labeled for use by the FDA. The faculty have been informed of their responsibility to disclose to the audience if they will be discussing off-label or investigational uses (any uses not approved by the FDA) of products or devices.
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