PG 01 – Sunday, Oct. 7, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Medical Malpractice:  Understanding the Relative Issues and Potential Risk Mitigation Strategies for the Practitioner
Moderator: Lewis M. Flint, Jr., MD, FACS

The purpose of this course is to educate the surgeon on the complexities and subtleties associated with medical liability. The goal is to provide tools for the clinician to take home and deploy in his or her practice. The curriculum is data driven and provides a comprehensive overview with implemental solutions. Physicians are exposed to medical liability every day of their careers. Yet, little is understood regarding the process of managing a case, the actual data surrounding this field, and what are the critical institutional drivers of this complex process. Surgeons are in need of enhanced understanding of this critical topic, which is often shrouded in secrecy.

PG 14 – Wednesday, Oct. 10, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Business Aspects of Health System Management: The Surgeon’s Role in Health System Leadership
Moderator: Paul A. Taheri, MD, MBA, FACS

This course is designed to deliver fundamental business and managerial tools for the practicing physician. The course introduces the first-year MBA curriculum into a tightly packed curriculum and applies lessons learned to integrated health systems. Topics will include economics, cost accounting, financial accounting, reimbursements and risk management, operations management, physician leadership, and management activities. The program is a condensed version of a four-day management training program delivered in various formats to more than 2,000 physicians across the country. The program’s roots are derived within an academic setting, but design and content focus on practice in diverse clinical environments. The goal of this curriculum is to provide the clinician and administrator with the real tools to promote change within their current delivery system.

GS 30 – Tuesday, Oct. 9, 10:00 - 12:00 noon
Sepsis 2007:  Advances and Controversies of the Management of Sepsis
Moderator:  Susan A. Stuart, MD, FACS

This session will consist of five 20-minute presentations of advances and controversies in the management of sepsis. Topics to be discussed include: use of drotecogin alfa (activated) in surgical patients, discussing mechanism of action, safety profile and mortality reduction; use of antimicrobials in relation to emerging resistance and duration of therapy; early goal-directed therapy, indications, and effectiveness of using invasive monitoring and central venous oxygenation saturation for directing fluid resuscitation; use of vasopressors in sepsis indications; and options, monitoring, and outcomes of glucose control.

GS 44 – Wednesday, Oct. 10,  8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Future of Open vs. Laproscopic Surgery During Residency Training – How Much is Enough?
Moderator:  H. David Reines, MD, FACS

The session will address the problems facing the Residency Review Committee (RRC), the American Board of Surgery, training programs, and surgeons in practice regarding the place of open surgery in the era of minimally invasive surgery. The panel will address the role of procedures formerly required by the RRC, such as open common duct, gastric resections, adrenalectomy, Nissen fundoplication, and elective splenectomy in the world of minimally invasive surgery. How many open cases should be performed? Should we have experts in open surgery? The results of a new poll of program directors in surgery regarding required case loads will be discussed.

GS 71 – Thursday, Oct. 11,   9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Computerizing Your Perioperative Services Area – More than just an Electronic Medical Record
Moderator:       David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, FACS

As hospitals move toward computerized physician order entry and an electronic medical record, the perioperative services area will need to follow suit. Participants in this session will learn the myriad possibilities that exist for converting from paper to PC in the operating room, recovery room, same-day admission, and preadmission testing. Topics will include: scheduling, credentialing, surgeon preference cards, inventory control and reordering, nursing and physician documentation, anesthesia documentation, patient tracking, instrument control, and report generation (including statistical summaries for more effective management and residency reporting purposes). Speakers will come from multiple vantage points including surgeon, nurse, administrator, anesthesia, and information technology.

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