Activity ID
13865Expires
January 16, 2028Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
1Fee
150CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Ambulatory surgery is growing in popularity among physicians and patients. While it can be convenient and less expensive, ambulatory surgery also has risks. The risks oblige all those involved with ambulatory surgeries to make effective decisions about what procedures to offer and which patients to include.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Radiology
Urology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Discuss the frequency of hospital admissions after ambulatory surgery.
2. Identify the reasons for admissions after ambulatory surgery.
3. Describe strategies that can reduce unplanned admissions after ambulatory surgery.
4. Adopt one or more strategies to decrease the incidence of unplanned admissions after ambulatory surgery.
Keywords
outpatient surgery, ambulatory surgery, unplanned admissions,
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
