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CME Test 149

Release date: 9/18/2009
Termination date: 9/30/2010

Evidence-Based Strategies in Colorectal Surgery

T.A. Thayumanasundaram, MD

Goal
To review the latest evidence regarding outcomes associated with colorectal surgery (CRS) for diverticulitis of colon and for colorectal cancer (CRC).

Learning Objectives
After reading this article and taking the test, participants should be able to:

1. Identify the various factors that increase patients’ risk of developing complications after CRS.
2. Evaluate the outcomes of different surgical techniques and procedures used to treat diverticulitis and CRC.
3. Implement evidence-based strategies to improve patients’ outcomes after CRC.

   Intended Audience
   This CME activity is designed for physicians and other clinicians treating patients in the federal health care system.

   CME Accreditation Information
   This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Quadrant HealthCom Inc. Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

   Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

   Estimated time to complete this activity is one hour.

   Author Information
   A former manager of surgical services for the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Montgomery, AL, Dr. Thayumanasundaram is now a full-time, independent health care clinical researcher in Palantine, IL. He is also a senior fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

   CME Peer Review
   This article has been peer reviewed and approved for CME credit by Ronald N. Kaleya, MD, professor of clinical surgery in the department of surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. Review date: August 2009.

   CME Conflict of Interest Statement
   The Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy of Albert Einstein College of Medicine requires that authors participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relationship(s) with a pharmaceutical or equipment company. No author whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest, with regard to his or her contribution to the activity, is permitted to contribute. These policies also require that authors participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any discussions of unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved for use in the United States. The author reports no such relationships or discussions.

   The CME reviewer, Dr. Kaleya, reports no conflict of interest. The staffs of CCME of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Federal Practitioner have no conflicts of interest with commercial interest related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.

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