THE METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM
SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS
Thursday, May 21, 2009
8 – 9 a.m.
Mary Gibbs Jones Pedernales Conference Room on the 7th Floor
Course Director: Barbara Lee Bass, M.D., F.A.C.S.
"A Quarter Century of Liver Transplantation at UCLA"
| Ronald W. Busuttil, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. William P. Longmire Jr. Chair in Surgery David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Chief, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation University of California at Los Angeles |
STATEMENT OF NEED
The Methodist Hospital Surgery Grand Rounds provides an environment for the review and discussion of institutional quality and national quality metrics programs. It will meet the ongoing educational needs of members of the surgical and medical staff in advances in surgical patient care management and elements in the professional and socioeconomic environment of surgical care delivery.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The target audience for this activity is attending surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health personnel and attending physicians of The Methodist Hospital System and affiliated institutions.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
- Integrate evidence-based strategies for surgical patient care into their practice;
- Apply advances in surgical science to management of surgical patients;
- Manage changes in the environment of surgical patient care delivery that impact surgeon members of the profession.
ACCREDITATION AND CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENTS
The Methodist Hospital System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The Methodist Hospital System designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE
The Methodist Hospital (TMH) Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) makes every effort to develop CME activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support, TMH has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control content of an educational activity (e.g., directors, planning committee members, contributors, peer reviewers, CME staff) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships: 1) at the time of the activity or 12 months prior; and 2) of their spouses/partners.
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support and The Methodist Hospital System policy, identification and resolution of conflict has been made in the form of external peer review of educational content.
Dr. Busuttil has reported that he is a consultant for Astellas Pharma. He has also disclosed that he will not be speaking about any off-label products.
Dr. Barbara Lee Bass – Course Director – has nothing to disclose
Dr. Randy Bailey – Planning Committee Member – discloses that he is on the speaker’s bureau for Merck, Inc
Dr. Bridget Fahy – Planning Committee Member – has nothing to disclose
Clarice Brewer – Planning Committee Member – has nothing to disclose
Lisa Nixon – Planning Committee Member – has nothing to disclose
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