Perioperative Management- Now In Its 29th Year

 Thirty million patients undergo surgical procedures in the US each year, and the age and medical complexity of this patient population is increasing. All of these patients require preoperative assessment, intraoperative management, and postoperative care. Every year the body of peer-reviewed literature on this topic increases and new guidelines on clinical management are formulated. Because the breadth of knowledge in perioperative medicine, which includes the diverse disciplines of cardiology, pulmonology, hematology, endocrinology, infectious diseases and geriatrics, is vast, many practitioners may not have up-to-date information that is critical to clinical practice.

The curriculum for this course was specifically created to address the needs of clinicians who provide care for patients before, during, and after surgery based on current literature, feedback from course participants and the opinion of experts from multiple institutions. As the established leader in perioperative medicine, this course aims to provide practitioners with the most up-to-date knowledge necessary to deliver effective, evidence-based care by affecting health care practices at the level of the individual and the larger health system.