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

This course, “Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Education for Practitioners,” has value not only to residency training programs, but can also be the 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.

ATTENTION Nurse Anesthetists! In order to receive your AANA certificate, please enter your AANA ID# under My CE/CME, PROFILE, CREDENTIALS. You are also required to enter your AANA ID# on the evaluation before proceeding to download your certificate.

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
• View 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 after completing the post-activity survey

ANESTHESIOLOGY, ANESTHESIOLOGY - Hospice and Palliative Medicine, ANESTHESIOLOGY - Pain Medicine, ANESTHESIOLOGY - Sleep Medicine, ANESTHESIOLOGY - Critical Care Medicine

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)

1. Describe the indications for ECT and the general sequence of events
2. Identify the challenges of performing a general anesthetic at a high turnover pace in a remote location
3. Discuss the indications and advantages of medications administered to achieve a successful ECT treatment
4. Explain the risks and potential adverse effects during the procedure, including airway management and hemodynamic changes

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

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.

Physicians: 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.

AANA (Nurse Anesthetists): 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.

 

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").

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 penncme@pennmedicine.upenn.edu or at 215-898-8005.