NORA Education for Practitioners

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ONLINEAANACMECNEPSRM - Patient Safety/Risk ManagementState Required CME

Friday, October 25, 2019, 9:00 AM - Monday, July 25, 2022, 5:00 PM

This series of courses, “Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Education for Practitioners,” has value not only to residency training programs, but can also be a standard teaching tool for the entire anesthesia provider team, including Staff Anesthesiologists, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Procedural Physicians supervising the delivery of anesthesia in the NORA setting.

For additional information on this series of courses, please click the BROCHURE tab.

There are five (5) modules available, each requiring registration. You may take one or all modules, in any order you choose.

Follow the link(s) to access:

1. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Safety and the Human Factor Element ( https://upenn.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?EID=60915&P=3000&CaseID=56918)

2. Anesthesia in the Electrophysiology Lab ( https://upenn.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?EID=60916&P=3000&CaseID=56955)

3. Anesthesia for GI Endoscopic Procedures ( https://upenn.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?EID=60917&P=3000&CaseID=56966 )

4. Anesthesia for Interventional Pulmonology Procedures ( https://upenn.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?EID=60918&P=3000&CaseID=56967 )

5. Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) ( https://upenn.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?EID=60919&P=3000&CaseID=56968  )

The registration fees for each course for individuals are as follows:  $49 for Attending Physicians; $25 for Fellows/Residents/Students; and $37.50 for CRNAs, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Professionals.

Course registrations for groups of learners are available for purchase by institutions as well.  If an institution purchases registrations for all 5 courses for up to 49 individuals, it will receive 1 complimentary set of registrations per 4 purchased.  If an institution purchases registrations for all 5 courses for 50 or more individuals, it will receive 1 complimentary set of registrations per 3 purchased.  Please contact [email protected] to make arrangements for your program/anesthesia team. Be sure to reference "NORA Group Registration" in the subject line of your email.

In support of improving patient care, Penn Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Designation of Credit for Each Module:

Physicians: Penn Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

AANA (Nurse Anesthetists):

1. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Safety and the Human Factor:

This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for .75 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1038318; Expiration Date 07/25/22.

2. Anesthesia in the Electrophysiology Lab

This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for .75 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1038319; Expiration Date 07/25/22.

3. Anesthesia for GI Endoscopic Procedures

This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for .75 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1038320; Expiration Date 07/25/22.

4. Anesthesia for Interventional Pulmonology Procedures

This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for .75 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1038321; Expiration Date 07/25/22.

5. Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT):

This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for .75 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1038322; Expiration Date 07/25/22.

 

Nurses: This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours.

 

Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. PAs may receive a maximum of 0.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

 

HOSTING DEPARTMENT

Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Education for Practitioners is hosted by the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at Penn Medicine.

 

DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH

  

 

COURSE DIRECTOR:

Mark S. Weiss, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Director, Inpatient Endoscopy Services

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

 

COURSE FACULTY:

NORA Safety and the Human Factor Element

William Bramble, PhD

Senior Human Performance Investigator

National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC

 

Anesthesia for GI Endoscopic Procedures

Mark S. Weiss, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Director, Inpatient Endoscopy Services

Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

 

Anesthesia in the Electrophysiology Lab

Roger A. Moore, MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Past President, American Society of Anesthesiologists and Society of Cardiac Anesthesiologists

 

Anesthesia for Interventional Pulmonology Procedures

Richard C. Month, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

President, Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists

 

Anthony R. Lanfranco, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Director, Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

 

Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy

Kathryn W. Cobb, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Division Chief, Satellite Anesthesia Care

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

 

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS 

Staff in the Office of Continiung Medical and Interprofessional Education (CMIE) and Penn Nursing (Vaughn Wurst, Belinda Rose, CHCP and Ansheai Spence-Jones, CMP) and the Senior Peer Reviewer, Stanley Goldfarb, MD, have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.

 

The following planning committee and faculty members have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity:

William Bramble, PhD

Kathryn Cobb, MD

Anthony Lanfranco, MD

Richard Month, MD

Roger Moore, MD

Mark Weiss, MD

 

Permission to Use Copyrighted Materials

Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania, has sought and obtained permission to use copyrighted content and materials in the preparation of this educational activity ("Use in Electronic Course Materials").

 

How to Receive Credit: 

To receive your Certificate of Credit for participating in this CME/CE-certified educational curriculum, please follow these steps:

• Read all the introductory material including faculty and disclosure information
• Complete the pre-test
• Review the video lectures, slides, references and resources
• Complete the post-test. You will have 3 attempts to earn at least 80% in order to proceed.
• Evaluate the activity using the brief survey. You must complete the post activity evaluation to download your certificate
• You will be able to download your certificate and view your transcript after completing the post-activity survey

 

Questions: For questions related to this educational activity, contact Penn Medicine Continuing Medical and Interprofessional Education at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania at [email protected] or at 215-898-8005.

 

 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance / Participation (0.75 hours), Nursing Contact Hours (0.75 hours), American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (0.75 hours)

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.