Course 4:
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery to Improve Patient Outcomes
Sunday, March 26, 2017 - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Course Director: Mikio Nihira, MD
Course Faculty: Adam Steinberg, MD, Sean C. Dowdy, MD and Melanie Simpson, RN
The goal of this course is to educate surgeon leaders in the science of multi-modal pain management in an effort to provide options to reduce our use of postoperative opioids for pain relief.
Course Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion, the participant should be able to: 1) Provide a background of the current literature and recommendations on post-operative pain management 2) Discuss multimodal pain management and how it applies to the gynecologic post-operative patient 3) Discuss implementation of a multimodal pain management protocol at your institution 4) Review strategies for effective implementation of ERAS at a tertiary care institution
Agenda:
1:00 - 1:20 pm - Faculty and Attendee Introductions 1:20 - 1:35 pm - Introduction to Postsurgical Multimodal Pain Approaches - Mikio Nihira, MD 1:35 - 2:25 pm - Non-opioid Analgesics - Adam Steinberg, MD 2:25 - 2:40 pm - Break 2:45 - 3:35 pm - Adjuvant Pain Medications and Surgical Devices - Melanie Simpson, RN 3:35 - 4:25 pm - ERAS Implementation Strategies - Sean C. Dowdy, MD 4:25 - 5:00 pm - Case Discussions/Q & A
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