Track: Professional Issues
NEW! Patient Safety Highlights 2018 - Personalizing Culture of Safety-What Does It Mean for Each of Us?
Defining the culture of safety and elements that contribute to successfully implementing it. At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to identify key elements that contribute to a culture of safety.
Expiration Date: 02/07/2022
NEW! Patient Safety Highlights 2018 - Operating Room Efficiency: Could there be a Hidden Patient Safety Issue?
O.R. efficiency and patient safety should never be at odds with each other. Both concepts are realities that will always play a role in the perioperative arena. Different opinions exist about whether these forces have an inverse relationship. If efficiency is getting to the point of patient safety compromise, we need to slow down and reassess the situation.
Expiration Date: 02/07/2022
NEW! Patient Safety Highlights 2018 - Emergency Manual Implementations and Uses during Clinical Crises: Linking Research With Practice
Emergency manuals are context-relevant sets of cognitive aids, such as crisis checklists, in this case for perioperative contexts. Rationale for why to implement and use emergency manuals will be briefly presented, drawing from safety critical and high reliability industries, human factors concepts, and simulation-based healthcare studies.
Expiration Date: 02/07/2022
NEW! Patient Safety Highlights 2018 - Situational Awareness and Crisis Management: Strategies to Improve Patient Safety in Anesthesia Practice
Situational awareness (SA) is perception of elements in the environment, comprehension of that information, and ability to project future events. This lecture presents strategies to improve SA and crisis management skills during daily anesthesia practice to help improve patient outcome.
Expiration Date: 02/07/2022
NEW! Patient Safety Highlights 2018 - Fatigue Risk Management: Making Overnight Call Safer
This presentation will review the physiology of fatigue, discuss how overnight call and long shifts can affect patient safety and physician health, and then offer practical steps that can be used by every anesthesiologist who works overnight.
Expiration Date: 02/07/2022
NEW! Patient Safety Highlights 2018 - You Want Me to Give Anesthesia WHERE? Patient Safety in Non-OR Locations
The purpose of this 60 minute panel is to discuss perioperative morbidity and mortality after non-operative room procedures, as well as to identify some of the challenges to patient safety outside of the operating room, including location, equipment, personnel, and procedure. Finally, the panel will discuss ways to identify patient populations at increased risk for complications in non-OR locations.
Expiration Date: 02/07/2022
NEW! Patient Safety Highlights 2018 - Harnessing Implementation Science Lessons to Guide Impactful Quality Improvement: Bridging the Gap
The primary goal of this session will be to introduce the key principles of implementation science as applied to perioperative quality improvement. Note: Panelist Dr. Steven Asch is an expert in implementation science who is Director of Center for Innovation to Implementation at VA Palo Alto and Professor at Stanford.
Expiration Date: 02/07/2022
NEW! Cases from the Perioperative Surgical Home Case: Transitioning the PSH to a Health System
This online course will improve your knowledge and competence in the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH). As health care reform continues to gain momentum nationwide, providers are facing increasing pressure to demonstrate value-based care, which consists of cost-effective, high-quality care that delivers exceptional patient experiences.
Expiration Date: 12/03/2020
SEE 2018 - Volume 35 A & B Electronic
Translate emerging anesthesia knowledge into your daily practice with SEE. Assess your grasp of emerging anesthesia concepts with content aggregated from more than 30 international medical journals with SEE. Receive the most important content on subjects ranging from clinical anesthesia, critical care and pain management. Stay abreast of the development of new drugs and techniques that are both relevant to your current practice and will shape your future practice.
Expiration Date: Part A 01/31/2020, Part B 07/31/2020
SEE 2018 - Volume 35 A & B Booklet
Translate emerging anesthesia knowledge into your daily practice with SEE. Assess your grasp of emerging anesthesia concepts with content aggregated from more than 30 international medical journals with SEE. Receive the most important content on subjects ranging from clinical anesthesia, critical care and pain management. Stay abreast of the development of new drugs and techniques that are both relevant to your current practice and will shape your future practice.
Expiration Date: Part A 01/31/2020, Part B 07/31/2020
Cases from the Perioperative Surgical Home: A Journey to Improve Quality and Patient Safety
This is the first of a 6-Part Series showcasing PSH case studies representing a variety of different size and types of institutions and perspectives. These cases will focus on the institutions’ journey and improvement on patient care and outcomes. Institution representatives discuss the barriers and challenges faced and solutions for overcoming those challenges along the journey. A how-to journey with real institutions will help participants reflect on how to approach their own PSH journey.
Expiration Date: 12/3/2020
Anesthesia SimSTAT - Robotic Surgery
This course is designed to improve the knowledge and performance of the practicing physician anesthesiologist who may provide intraoperative care for patients with complex health problems undergoing robotic surgical procedures. In this course, learners will practice the management of a patient undergoing robotic intra-abdominal surgery requiring effective differential diagnoses, rescue from unstable clinical conditions, resuscitation, frequent reassessment, and other emergent interventions using our innovative, screen-based simulation system in an interactive, realistic manner.
Expiration Date: 07/11/2021
Anesthesia SimSTAT - Trauma, Appendectomy, and Robotic Surgery
For the first time, practicing physicians can participate in high-fidelity simulation scenarios within a realistic, interactive gaming environment. This training helps improve performance in the management of anesthesia emergencies and fulfills continuing medical education and MOCA 2.0® Part IV requirements. This package includes the first three courses in the Anesthesia SimSTAT series – Trauma, Appendectomy, and Robotic Surgery.
Expiration Date: 07/11/2021
A-ACLS: First Response to Circulatory Crisis in the OR – 2018
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) was originally developed as an extension of Basic Life Support (BLS) and focused on the resuscitation of individuals found unresponsive in the field. ACLS has been expanded to include immediate care in the emergency department and patients found unresponsive anywhere in the hospital. A-ACLS was created to address the unique aspects of the perioperative/periprocedural setting. Originally created in 2015, this course has been updated to reflect the changes in the 2017 American Heart Association ACLS Guidelines, and updates to the original A-ACLS guidelines. The course includes multiple scenarios where participants have the opportunity to make "first response" decisions to cardiac situations in the OR.
Expiration Date: 04/24/2019
Patient Safety Highlights 2017 - Decreasing Disruptive Behavior for Better Patient Outcomes
Three cases involving alleged disruptive and inappropriate behavior will be discussed. The first case involves an assertive female anesthesiologist who is reported for disruptive behavior towards surgeons and nursing staff. The second case involves violent and disruptive behavior by a surgeon that affects patient care. The third case involves misinterpretation of standard preoperative questions and procedures by a patient's companion that results in a formal complaint against an anesthesiologist for disrespect and inappropriate conduct. Early identification of disruptive behaviors, the harm they cause, how this affects patient outcomes, methods of rectifying these behaviors, and the legal implications of these actions will be discussed in an open case forum.
Expiration Date: 01/11/2021
2017 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - December - Safety Updates from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project
This refresher course reports current findings from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project and reviews recent papers including difficult intubation, respiratory depression associated with acute pain management, management of unexpected hemorrhage, and safety concerns in non-operating room anesthesia. Current practice guidelines and communication and systems changes to improve perioperative patient safety will also be discussed.
Expiration Date: 12/18/2020
Patient Safety Highlights 2016 - Safety Updates from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project
This refresher course reports current findings from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project and reviews recent papers including difficult intubation, respiratory depression associated with acute pain management, management of unexpected hemorrhage and safety concerns in non-operating room anesthesia. Current practice guidelines and communication and systems changes to improve perioperative patient safety will also be discussed.
Expiration Date: 02/26/2020
Patient Safety Highlights 2016 - Theory, Practice, and Results of the U.S. and Australia/New Zealand Incident Reporting Systems
In this session, Patrick Guffey, the chair of the AQI's national incident reporting system and Alan Merry, Councilor of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, world renowned expert in patient safety, and architect of the Australian / New Zealand Incident Reporting System will describe the theory and practice of anesthesia incident reporting. We will review the latest results from the systems, describe emerging trends and review real examples of how you can improve your practice based on our results.
Expiration Date: 02/26/2020
Patient Safety Highlights 2016 - Distracted Doctoring in the Operating Room: Absence of Evidence is Not Evidence of Absence
The panel will discuss the prevalence of policies regulating electronic device use in the operating room for non-patient care activities, summarize the evidence linking electronic distractions to patient safety in the operating room and explore the potential medicolegal consequences of allowing electronic distractions during provision of anesthesia care.
Expiration Date: 02/26/2020
2016 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - Full Subscription (RCA) - The latest research and educational findings
This newly designed online program includes 17 edited and peer-reviewed lectures selected from the ASA Refresher Courses presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2015. Each module contains the author’s manuscript, a pre-test and post-test. Plus, select modules contain author interviews in a podcast format.
Expiration Date: 07/24/2020
Anesthesia SimSTAT – Appendectomy
Test how well you manage a patient presenting for acute appendicitis undergoing a laparoscopic appendectomy through ASA and CAE Healthcare’s virtual O.R. and receive instant performance feedback and scoring. This course is designed to improve the knowledge and performance of the practicing anesthesiologist who may provide intraoperative care for patients with an acute abdominal process undergoing laparoscopic surgery through an innovative, screen-based simulation modality. This course will provide the opportunity for learners to practice the management of a patient with an acute abdominal process requiring resuscitation, frequent reassessment, and other emergent interventions in an interactive, realistic manner.
Expiration Date: 04/19/2021
Drug Errors in Anesthesia
Administration of potent anesthetic drugs with small intrinsic margins between effective doses and overdose requires constant vigilance. Anesthesiologists are acutely aware of the numerous claims related to drug errors included in the ASA Closed Claims Database and are familiar with the lexicon that classifies mechanisms of drug errors. Therefore, anesthesiologists know that the most common distinct mechanisms of error are substitution, insertion, and incorrect dose. They also must recognize that an incorrect dose is most likely to produce serious or even fatal consequences. Physicians need to regularly review the OR procedures to ensure safe drug use, and be alerted to the change before the drugs are provided and stocked in the OR.
Expiration Date: 03/06/2020
Infection Control
This "NEW" Infection Control course includes information on how anesthesiologists and the entire care team can impact perioperative patient outcomes in the prevention of infections. ** This course DOES NOT meet New York State infection control certification requirements **
Expiration Date: 03/23/2020
IV Infiltration and Extravasation
This course will examine the causes of IV infiltration and extravasation, review the literature, and give guidelines for prevention and management of complications. Included in the course is a case report that highlights an adverse outcome that is all too common in perioperative care.
Expiration Date: 04/30/2020
Difficult Airway Algorithm
Free to ASA members! We know how hard it is to keep up with the expanding number of emerging treatment advances while managing a busy practice. We developed this algorithm so you can quickly get clinical guideline information and recommendations on the management of the difficult airway. If needed, you can also get easy access to the full guideline.
Expiration Date: 07/10/2020
Medication Safety and Drug Errors
Learn how to reduce medication errors and improve patient safety in the operating room. Follow and complete required actions in the medication administration process to change both behavior and processes to eliminate medication errors. This program educates through the use of compelling video and knowledge checks, and is available exclusively online.
Expiration Date: 11/21/2020
ACE 2018 - Issue 15 A & B Electronic
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. The ACE program will keep you current with clinical and professional guidelines, as well as help in meeting your commitment to lifelong learning. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team. Part B is scheduled to be released in October 2018.
Expiration Date: Part A: 04/30/2019, Part B: 10/31/2019
SEE 2018 - Volume 34 A & B Electronic
Translate emerging anesthesia knowledge into your daily practice with SEE. Assess your grasp of emerging anesthesia concepts with content aggregated from more than 40 international medical journals with SEE. Receive the most important content on subjects ranging from clinical anesthesia, critical care and pain management. Stay abreast of the development of new drugs and techniques that are both relevant to your current practice and will shape your future practice. Access our SEE podcasts today!
Expiration Date: Part A: 01/31/2019, Part B: 07/31/2019
ACE 2018 - Issue 15 A & B Booklet
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. The ACE program will keep you current with clinical and professional guidelines, as well as help in meeting your commitment to lifelong learning. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team. Part B is scheduled to be released in October 2018.
Expiration Date: Part A 04/30/2019, Part B 10/31/2019
SEE 2018 - Volume 34 A & B Booklet
Translate emerging anesthesia knowledge into your daily practice with SEE. Assess your grasp of emerging anesthesia concepts with content aggregated from more than 40 international medical journals with SEE. Receive the most important content on subjects ranging from clinical anesthesia, critical care and pain management. Stay abreast of the development of new drugs and techniques that are both relevant to your current practice and will shape your future practice. Access our SEE podcasts today!
Expiration Date: Part A 01/31/2019, Part B 07/31/2019
Anesthesia SimSTAT – Trauma
For the first time, practicing physicians can participate in high-fidelity simulation scenarios within a gaming environment. This training helps improve performance in the management of anesthesia emergencies and fulfills continuing medical education and MOCA 2.0® Part IV requirements.
Expiration Date: 07/17/2020
Patient Safety Highlights 2017 - Full Subscription
Learn from some of the outstanding sessions presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2017 selected to help fulfill MOCA 2.0® Part II Patient Safety. Test your knowledge.
Expiration Date: 01/11/2021
2017 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - Full Subscription
This online program includes 16 edited and peer-reviewed lectures selected from the ASA Refresher Courses presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016. Each module contains the author’s manuscript, a pre-test and post-test. Plus, select modules contain author interviews in a podcast format.
Expiration Date: 07/16/2021
2016 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology - Full Subscription
This online program includes 17 edited and peer-reviewed lectures selected from the ASA Refresher Courses presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2015. Each module contains the author’s manuscript, a pre-test and post-test. Plus, select modules contain author interviews in a podcast format.
Expiration Date: 07/24/2020
Journal CME - 2018 Full Subscription
ASA’s journal, Anesthesiology, offers a CME program linked to its articles. The Anesthesiology CME Editors choose an article out of each month’s journal and write thought-provoking questions (six each month) associated with that article. The article, learning objectives, and an explanation of the program appear each month in the printed journal. By subscribing to the program and answering questions online, the user can receive up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per issue.
Expiration Date: 11/12/2021
Safe Sedation Training - Deep Sedation (SSTdeep) Didactic Modules
*Note, completion of SSTmoderate within the past two years is required for access to SSTdeep program*
Patient safety is of the utmost importance when administering sedation. Safe Sedation Training – Deep (SSTdeep) – Didactic Modules were developed based on ASA guidelines for non-anesthesiologist physicians seeking privileges for deep sedation, to ensure the highest standards in patient safety.
Expiration Date: 07/23/2020
Safe Sedation Training - SSTmoderate
Non-anesthesiologist physicians will want to know and use the most current practice to provide safe and effective moderate sedation to their patients. Make Safe Sedation Training the basis for credentialing at your facility with SSTmoderate. Group discounts available!
Expiration Date: 09/24/2019
Journal CME - 2017 Full Subscription
ASA's journal, Anesthesiology, offers a CME program linked to its articles. The Anesthesiology CME Editors choose an article out of each month’s journal and write thought-provoking questions (six each month) associated with that article. The article, learning objectives, and an explanation of the program appear each month in the printed journal. By subscribing to the program and answering questions online, the user can receive up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per issue.
Expiration Date: 11/13/2020
Patient Safety Highlights 2016 - Full Subscription
13 patient safety sessions recorded at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016
Expiration Date: 01/11/2021
ACE 2017 - Issue 14 B Electronic
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. The ACE program will keep you current with clinical and professional guidelines, as well as help in meeting your commitment to lifelong learning. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team.
Expiration Date: 10/31/2018
ACE 2017 - Issue 14B Booklet
Put your anesthesiology knowledge to the test with this ASA best-seller. Challenge your knowledge of the fundamentals in anesthesia, including subspecialty content tailored to the generalist. ACE is a great learning resource for physician anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents and members of the anesthesia care team.
Expiration Date: 10/31/2018
Journal CME - 2016 Full Subscription
ASA's journal, Anesthesiology, offers a CME program linked to its articles. The Anesthesiology CME Editors choose an article out of each month's journal and write thought-provoking questions (six each month) associated with that article. The article, learning objectives, and an explanation of the program appear each month in the printed journal. By subscribing to the program and answering questions online, the user can receive up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per issue.
Expiration Date: 11/14/2019
2017 RCA - July 2018 - Using Emergency Manuals in the OR: What is the Evidence and How to Be Most Effective
Emergency manuals are context-relevant sets of cognitive aids, such as crisis checklists, in this case for perioperative or procedural contexts. The framework for this RC is Why, When, and How emergency manuals can help clinical teams to deliver best practices to patients during critical events. Rationale for why to implement and use emergency manuals will be presented, drawing from high stakes industries and human factors, as well as simulation-based healthcare studies. Vital elements for effective implementation and use will be presented. Potential challenges and pitfalls will be explored, and facilitators of successful implementation and use will be described.
Expiration Date: 07/16/2021