Teaching and Assessing in the Operating Room (Module 5)

Friday, November 22, 2024, 8:00 AM - Monday, November 22, 2027, 11:59 PM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (3.00 hours), AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Designated (3.00 hours)

Ophthalmology Faculty Development Webcast Series

Goal: To provide participants with strategies, tips, processes and procedures to develop surgery related training activities with patient safety in mind.

Course Format: This is a self-led series independent modules. Participants can choose to participate in the entire series, or choose to join the modules that will be most useful to them. Modules consist of a recorded asynchronous presentation with activities and assessment.

Course Director: Karl Golnik, MD, MEd
Activity Coordinator: Eduardo Mayorga, MD
Program Manager/Administrative Support: Jodi Hicks

For more information about this series or for IT support, please contact the program manager.

This series is offered at no cost.

To access the course content, please click on the link below: https://ophthalmologyfoundation.org/teaching_skills/

1. Explain the fundamentals for developing a patient safety centered surgery training program;
2. Set up simulation surgical activities that would fit all budgets;
3. Apply teaching strategies for implementing an effective, efficient and safe surgical training program;
4. Describe methods of assessing surgical competence.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Cincinnati, The Ophthalmology Foundation & the PAAO. The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Cincinnati designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Relationships with Ineligible Entities

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and the University of Cincinnati policy, all faculty, planning committee members, and other individuals, who are in a position to control content, are required to disclose all relationships with ineligible companies* (commercial interests) within the last 24 months. All educational materials are reviewed for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and levels of evidence. The ACCME requires us to disqualify from involvement in the planning and implementation of accredited continuing education any individuals (1) who refuse to provide this information or (2) whose conflicts of interests cannot be mitigated.

*Companies that are ineligible to be accredited in the ACCME System (ineligible companies) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant relationships have been mitigated. The following disclosures were made:

Planning Committee Members
The following planning members have nothing to disclose.

Karl C. Golnik, MD, MEd, Course Director
Eduardo Mayorga, MD, Course Coordinator
Helena Filipe, MD, MMEd
Gabriela Palis, MD, MEd
Christine Graham
Jodi Hicks, Administrative Support
Heather Muskopf, CCPD/CME Program Director

Disclaimer Statement
The opinions expressed during the live activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Cincinnati. The information is presented for the purpose of advancing the attendees’ professional development.

Faculty Disclosure Declaration
According to the disclosure policy of the University of Cincinnati, all faculty, planning committee members, and other individuals, who are in a position to control content, are required to disclose all relationships with ineligible companies within the last 24-months. All educational materials are reviewed for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and levels of evidence. Disclosure will be made at the time of activity.

Off-Label Disclosure Statement
Faculty members are required to inform the audience when they are discussing off-label, unapproved uses of devices and drugs. Physicians should consult full prescribing information before using any product mentioned during this educational activity.

COI / Disclosure of Relationships with Ineligible Entities

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and the University of Cincinnati policy, all faculty, planning committee members, and other individuals, who are in a position to control content, are required to disclose all relationships with ineligible companies* (commercial interests) within the last 24 months. All educational materials are reviewed for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and levels of evidence. The ACCME requires us to disqualify from involvement in the planning and implementation of accredited continuing education any individuals (1) who refuse to provide this information or (2) whose conflicts of interests cannot be mitigated.

*Companies that are ineligible to be accredited in the ACCME System (ineligible companies) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant relationships have been mitigated. The following disclosures were made:

Faculty Disclosures:

Marko Hawlina, MD (Nothing to disclose)
Professor, Universi Eye Hospital
Ljubjana, Slovenia

Vanitha Jeyaraj, MD (Nothing to disclose)
Clinical Instructor, Kellogg Eye Center
Ann Arbor, MI

Jeff Pettey, MBA, MD (Consultant - Alcon, Zeiss)
Associate Professor, Tenure
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director of Residency Program
Director of International Fellowship
Co-Medical Director, Global Outreach Division
University of Utah, John A. Moran Eye Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The University of Cincinnati adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others, are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests) over the last 24-months. All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Information regarding the new updated ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education can be found on the ACCME website.