If you are a professional dedicated to achieving high-quality surgical care and patient safety, then you and all members of your surgical team should attend the 2024 ACS Quality and Safety Conference, July 18–21 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
Registration is now open.
This year, the conference theme is the Power of Value: Expanding Your Impact. Surgeons, nurses, and quality improvement (QI) professionals from around the world will convene to share their perspectives on the value of quality and safety. Sessions are designed to put you in conversation with other leaders, from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, about how to define, measure, and sustain improvements in surgical care.
The Quality and Safety Conference offers educational, interactive sessions meant to provide you with knowledge and tools you can take back to your institution. You can engage directly with staff from the ACS Quality Programs—the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Quality Verification Program, and more—to learn how to meet and exceed standards.
You also can gain hands-on experience in one of five optional, preconference workshops:
- “QI Basics” will provide the fundamentals of quality improvement projects.
- “How to Not Fail at Failing: Mastering the Art of Learning from Failure in QI” will show you how to recover from QI setbacks.
- “From Apprentice to Master” will help accelerate learning for novice surgical clinical reviewers (SCRs) in all programs, as well as metabolic bariatric SCRs.
- “Harmonizing Excellence: A Symphony of QI” is a crash course on how to not only implement solutions but maintain them in the long term.
- “Health Services Research Methods” will give you practical experience with taking health services and outcomes research from start to finish.
All attendees can take part in the premiere of a new general session workshop. During this session, participants will work directly with other attendees and gain experience measuring the value of quality.
Other Conference Highlights
A record number of abstracts were submitted this year, as the submission criteria were expanded to include abstracts from a greater number of surgical disciplines. As a result, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses and the American Society of Anesthesiologists each will host a breakout session to focus on their respective roles.
To foster networking, several dedicated social events are planned:
- The Welcome Reception will be held Friday, July 19, on the Colorado Convention Center’s Rooftop Terrace, which features breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains.
- On Saturday, July 20, you can view the accepted abstracts and speak with the authors at the Abstract Poster Reception.
An opportunity to earn Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Nursing Education credits will be available. Register today and book your stay in Denver with our participating venues to take advantage of discounted rates for attendees.
