Anchoring each Clinical Congress is an outstanding academic and scientific education program, and this year’s conference offered nearly 100 expert-led Panel Sessions to share the latest in surgical education. These Panel Sessions remain available online through the Clinical Congress 2023 on-demand platform until May 1, 2024. Access is free for all in-person and virtual attendees, and new registration also is available for purchase.
More than 180 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits remain available to claim until the same date.
Check out some of these popular sessions from Clinical Congress 2023.
Surgeon Safety: When a Patient Becomes a Threat
Surgeons and physicians as a part of their profession not only interact with the public, but they have become a marketing tool with an expected and often required online public presence. In addition, they maintain a social media presence for personal and professional purposes. Issues of transference are known in medicine, but what about when a patient crosses the line and engages in criminal behavior including stalking, assault, murder, and the risks inherent in the threatening behavior?
In this important session, surgeon victims of patient threats and other stakeholders share their stories and discuss potential solutions.
The Great Debates - Biliary and Hernia
This inaugural pro/con debate covers two common topics faced by general surgeons: percutaneous cholecystostomy versus cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis and open versus minimally invasive surgery repair for inguinal hernia. Experts in their respective techniques held a spirited discussion that provided informed perspective based on personal experience and a review on current literature.
Shifting Surgeon Culture: Work-Life Balance, Career Satisfaction, and Retention
Although shift work was previously restricted to emergency medicine and acute care surgery, this model is now the dominant pattern of surgical culture across subspecialties. A panel of surgeons discuss career commitments and the anticipated changes for the future decade while limiting burnout and compassion fatigue yet staying engaged to our patients and colleagues in need. This session touches on division, department, hospital, institutional, and health system strategies for recruitment and retention to enhance and preserve diversity, while maximizing career satisfaction and longevity.
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