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Don't Miss Safe Pain Control and Regional Anesthesia for the Practicing General Surgeon

Safe Pain Control and Regional Anesthesia for the Practicing General Surgeon will be offered as CME course (application pending) at The University of Chicago on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, prior to the start of the ACS Surgical Simulation Summit. Detailed recorded trainings will be available both prior to and after the course.

Course participants will learn regional anesthesia pharmacology and the technical skills to practice, and will be tested on the following:

  • Using ultrasound on standardized patients and mannequins to visualize anatomy and describe the technique for transversus abdominal plane (TAP), ilioinguinal, and pectoral (PEC) blocks
  • Using a laparoscopic model to safely deliver TAP and ilioinguinal blocks
  • Using animal models to deliver PEC, TAP, and ilioinguinal blocks
  • Effective communication to set patient pain control expectations, including utilizing new opioid-sparing patient education programs, screening for high-risk patients, and naloxone training

The course fee of $400 includes access to seven pre-training modules on opioid-sparing pain control and three modules on regional anesthetic nerve blocks to support new techniques for effective pain control and opioid reduction. Validated skill checklists will be provided for precepted demonstration at the course and at your clinical practice site. Patient evaluation tools will be available for those desiring to measure the impact of regional anesthesia implementation on patient pain outcomes.