What’s In a “Pre-Op Eval?” – Navigating the Operative Risk Assessment

Overview:

When a patient needs surgery, pre-operative assessment often begins with a patient’s primary care provider.  “What’s in a Pre-Op Eval” provides an overview of the elements involved in a pre-operative risk assessment.  In this case-based presentation, Dr. Emily Wang will identify the main components of an evaluation including tools to assist providers in decision-making prior to surgery.

Objectives:

1. Identify the main components of a pre-operative evaluation.
2. Utilize the main components to perform a pre-operative evaluation.

Presenters:

Emily Wang, MD, FACP
Associate Professor/Clinical
Department of Medicine/Hospital Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
UT Health San Antonio, Long School of Medicine
STVHCS, Medicine Service/Hospital Medicine

 

Financial Disclosures:

Emily Wang, MD, FACP has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu