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The New York General Surgery Board Review Course (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...46.5. Awarded by....Oakstone Medical Publishing. Cost...........Prices vary according to the format, from $1295 to $1995. Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card.  Use coupon code BESTBUYA. Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others. Includes Free Bonus Materials: One Q&A Audio CD and Pearls Study Guide.  Target Audience...GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material last updated...December 15, 2011. CME Credit Expires...December 15, 2014.

The New York General Surgery Board Review Course is a comprehensive and intensive review designed to help candidates complete preparation for the American Board of Surgery Qualifying, Certifying, and Recertification Examinations. This activity also prepares surgical residents for the senior level ABSITE Examinations. The program curriculum is designed to match the subject matter of the examinations of the American Board of Surgery. After viewing The New York General Surgery Board Review Course, you will be able to: • Complete a review for the Qualification, Certification, and Recertification Examinations administered by the American Board of Surgery, and the Senior Level American Board of Surgery In-Service Training Examination • Describe the appropriate evaluation and management of both common and uncommon problems encountered in clinical practice • Demonstrate an increased comprehension of the current standards and concepts in the practice of surgery • Recognize and apply new and evolving diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and their role in changing the classical approaches to problems in general, vascular, pediatric, and general thoracic surgery • Discuss the basics of surgical physiology and critical care • Explain evidence-based general procedures in pediatric, thoracic, gynecologic, urologic, and orthopaedic surgery • Summarize the latest advances in anesthesia for pain management • Integrate non-conventional principles and practices with conventional surgical procedures • Interpret reviews and data of the latest basic science findings and predict the impact of these on clinical problems

SESAP® 14 Audio Companion (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD, Credit hours...26. Awarded by....American College of Surgeons. Cost...........Prices vary according to the format, from $599 to $799.  Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card.  Use coupon code BESTBUYA. Format...Audio CD, Audio MP3 CD.  Target Audience...GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material last updated...2011. Financial support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...November 2014.

The SESAP® 14 Audio Companion is your first step toward mastering the knowledge contained in the SESAP™ 14. The content has been designed to be especially useful to surgeons enrolled in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program of the American Board of Surgery.  SESAP® 14 Audio Companion will be helpful in fulfilling the Part II requirements for MOC that focus on self-assessment and lifelong learning, and will be very useful in preparing for the qualifying or MOC examinations.  Topics include: Head and Neck, Breast, Alimentary, Abdomen, Vascular, Endocrine, Trauma, Perioperative Care, Surgical Critical Care, The Immunocompromised Patient, Problems in Related Specialties, Oncology, Skin and Soft Tissue, Anesthesia, Pain Management, Legal and Ethics.

OncologyCareLive-New Frontiers in Melanoma Management (Sponsored Link) Live Online on October 12, 2011, 9:00 – 1:00 PM EDT, and then available on demand through April 13, 2012. Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...4.0. Awarded by....Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Slide- Video Lectures, Q & A, Live Chat. Target Audiences...Medical Oncologists, Hematologist/Oncologists, Surgical Oncologists, Dermatologists, Oncology Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, and other healthcare professionals who care for melanoma patients. Educational material last updated...October 12, 2011. Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.  Expiration of CME credit...April 13, 2012.

OncologyCareLive-New Frontiers in Melanoma Management will be presented live Online on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, and then available on demand through April 13, 2012. Presentations include: • Targeted Therapy and Chemotherapy in Advanced Melanoma;  • Questions in the Surgical Management of Melanoma; • Immunotherapy in Patients with High Risk and Advanced Melanoma; and • Future Directions in Melanoma Therapy--Round Table Discussion. After participating in OncologyCareLive-New Frontiers in Melanoma Management, you will be able to: • Identify current approaches to the surgical management of melanoma; • Discuss the evaluation and development of biomarkers for diagnosis, staging and treatment of melanoma; • Describe current recommended clinical practice for excision of localized melanomas and patient selection for sentinel lymph node biopsy; • Identify novel agents and combination systemic therapies of melanoma currently being evaluated in clinical trials; and • Explain current approaches to the surgical management of melanoma.

Perioperative Management (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...16.25. Awarded by....Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Cost...........Varies according to format: $695 to $1095. Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card.  Use coupon code BESTBUYA. Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others.  Target Audiences...ANESTHESIOLOGY, CRITICAL CARE, SURGERY, HOSPITAL MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE, NURSE PRACTITIONER, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. Educational material last updated...August 1, 2011. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...July 31, 2014.

After viewing Perioperative Management, you will be able to: • Describe current guidelines for preoperative cardiac and pulmonary risk assessment; • Describe several ways to predict and prevent cardiac and pulmonary complications using preoperative testing, and intraoperative and postoperative interventions, including the use of transesophageal echocardiography; • Describe the perioperative risks associated with diabetes, renal insufficiency, obesity, hepatic disease, and advanced age; • Describe management strategies to minimize complications in patients with these medical conditions; • Describe bleeding and thrombotic risks in surgical patients; • Describe several strategies to reduce complications through evidence-based use of blood conservation methods, transfusion, and management of anti-thrombotic drug therapies; • Recognize how to prevent, diagnose, and treat common health-care associated infections that complicate surgical procedures; and • Recognize the impact of health care provider stress and the larger health care system (cultural, regulatory, and legislative environment) on the safety and quality of health care delivery in the perioperative period.

Audio-Digest Trauma Management Special Series (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...35 issues (2 hours per issue) for total of 70 hours. Awarded by....Audio-Digest Foundation. Cost...........$21.99 or $24.99 per program, depending on which audio format you choose (15% discount if you order all 35 issues). Format...Online Audio MP3 or Audio CD. Target Audiences...ER, SURG, ORTHO. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...Three years after release.

Audio-Digest Trauma Management Special Series is a compilation of the best Audio-Digest trauma management lectures. Some topics covered include: Trauma in pregnancy; Adjuncts for nonoperative management of liver and spleen injuries; Head trauma; Tasers; Management of blunt spleen injury; Current management of hepatic injury; Splenectomy is the safe and easy way; Make every effort to save the spleen; Pediatric trauma essentials; Regionalization of trauma care; Compartment syndrome; Surviving emergency room call; Geriatric acetabulum fractures; and Humeral shaft fractures: plating or nailing. See the complete list of Audio-Digest Programs in other specialties.

Audio-Digest General Surgery (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...24 issues (2 hours per issue) for total of 48 hours. Awarded by....Audio-Digest Foundation. Cost...........Varies from $399 to $432 depending on which audio format you choose. Format...Online MP3 or Audio CD. Target Audiences...General Surgery. Educational material last updated...2011. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...Three years after release.

Audio-Digest General Surgery updates are based on the ABS American Board of Surgery Clinical Competencies. Audio-Digest General Surgery is designed to provide you with state-of-the-art information in general surgery, including: • Hazards in the operating room;  • Professional liability, risk management, and quality improvement;  • Blood products and transfusion issues;  • Comorbid illness in the surgical patient;  • Surgical management of oncologic conditions; • Intraoperative and postoperative infection;  • Preoperative patient evaluation, including surgical risk assessment;  • Critical care, postoperative recovery and complications;  • Management of acute and chronic pain; and  • Trauma and burns. See the complete list of Audio-Digest Programs in other specialties

Pittsburgh Breast Imaging Seminar (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours... 15.5. Awarded by.... Allegheny General Hospital. Cost.......... $850. Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card.  Use coupon code BESTBUYA. Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Format...Video DVD and MP4 DVD. Target Audience...GENERAL SURGERY, RAD. Educational material...2009. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...September 30, 2012.

The goals of the Pittsburgh Breast Imaging Seminar are to help you to: • Increase your confidence in differentiating benign from malignant breast lesions; • Explore the use of digital imaging, including tomosynthesis; • Examine multiple percutaneous biopsy techniques including stereotactic-guided, ultrasound-guided, and MRI-guided biopsies; • Provide an overview of pathological findings in breast disease; • Explore the role of the radiologist and breast surgeon in the workup of breast disease; • Become familiar with the indications for Breast MRI; • Become familiar with the concept for multidisciplinary breast center; and • Become familiar with new modalities such as PET for Breast and BSGI.

Osler General Surgery Board Review (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Vary according to format. See ===> Awarded by....Osler Institute. Cost..........Vary according to format. See ===> Instruction Type... Live or audio recordings. Target Audience...GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material updated on an ongoing basis. Financial Support...None Stated.

The Osler General Surgery Board Review offers learning in a variety of venues and formats. Live Surgery Written Review Course: Credit Hours...55. Price... Resident... $920; Practicing Surgeon...$1380 Live Surgery Recertification Review Course:  Credit Hours...40. Price... $1200. Live Surgery Mock Oral Review Course. Mock oral exams are one-on-one simulations of the board exam with faculty examining candidates and providing feedback. These can be either private ($165 each) or before a group ($125 each):  Credit Hours...30.     Price... Resident... $700; Practicing Surgeon...$1050. Find the dates and locations of the next Live Sessions at Osler General Surgery Board Review. The Osler General Surgery Course on 7 MP3 CDs w/Electronic Syllabus. Each CD includes a full days' lectures from the most recent live meeting in MP3 format which you can play on your MP3 player, computer or CD player. Credit Hours...None for this format. Price...$475. The Osler General Surgery Course Creative MP3 Player Preloaded with the Course Review Audio MP3s. The player contains selected lectures from the most recent live meeting. Credit Hours...None for this format. Price...$545.

Osler Surgical Critical Care Review Course Board Reviews (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012.  Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Vary according to format. See ===> Awarded by....Osler Institute. Cost..........Vary according to format. See ===> Instruction Type... Live or audio recordings. Target Audience...SURGERY, CRITICAL CARE. Educational material updated on an ongoing basis. Financial Support...None Stated.

The Osler Surgical Critical Care Review Course Board Reviews offer learning in a variety of venues and formats.  Find the date and location of the next Live Osler Surgical Critical Care Review at:  Osler Surgical Critical Care Review Course Board Reviews. Topics include Pulmonary Embolus & ARDS, Chronic Pulmonary disease, Anesthesia and Pain management, Immunology and Transplantation, Ethics and Law in the ICU, Immunology and Transplantation, Peripartum Problems, Hematology of Acute Illness, and more. Credit Hours...20. Price...$700, Residents; Practicing surgeon, $1050. The Osler Surgical Critical Care Review Course Course on 5 MP3 CDs w/Electronic Syllabus. Each CD includes a full days' lectures from the most recent live meeting in MP3 format which you can play on your MP3 player, computer or CD player. Credit Hours...None for this format. Price...$300. The Osler Surgical Critical Care Review Course Course on Creative MP3 Player Preloaded with the Course Review Audio MP3s. The player contains selected lectures from the most recent live meeting. Credit Hours...None for this format. Price...$360.

The Brigham Gastroenterology Board Review Course  (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours....23.75 Awarded by....Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education & Brigham and Women's Hospital, Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine. Cost...........Varies from $795 to $1295 according to the format. Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card.  Use coupon code BESTBUYA. Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others. Target Audience....GI, IM, HOSPITALISTS, GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material last updated...October 1, 2010. Financial support...None Stated. CME Credit Expires...September 30, 2013.

The major objective of The Brigham Gastroenterology Board Review Course  is to prepare you for the ABIM Subspecialty Board Examination in Gastroenterology (Certification or Re-Certification).  The Brigham Gastroenterology Board Review Course state-of-the-art information on a wide spectrum of clinical problems in gastroenterology for the ABIM examination. It is comprised of an in-depth examination of essential knowledge in gastroenterology, hepatology, and the integral related areas of pathology, endoscopy, nutrition, and radiology. The pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of disorders of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum, small/large bowel, pancreas, and liver are also addressed.  The Brigham Gastroenterology Board Review Course should be most valuable for those preparing for certification or re-certification in gastroenterology. The target audience also includes physicians who want a refresher course that covers all major aspects of the field of gastroenterology, internists and hospitalists interested in gastroenterology, who want an exposure to the entire field, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who are specializing in gastroenterology, and surgeons who practice in the area. At the conclusion of The Brigham Gastroenterology Board Review Course, you will be able to: • Understand current pathophysiological mechanisms key to disorders in gastroenterology and hepatology; • Develop knowledge related to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with gastrointestinal ailments; and  • Become facile in answering simulated board questions.

Risk Management Consult: Avoiding Surgical Systems Failures - MedRisk (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.  Credit hours...5.0. Awarded by....Medical Risk Management, Inc. Cost for Credit....$75. Instruction Type....Text-Only. Target Audience...SURG. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...None. CME Credit Expires...December 31, 2012. Learn More About Avoiding Surgical Systems Failures

Upon completion of Risk Management Consult: Avoiding Surgical Systems Failures, you should be able to: 1. Explain what a systems failure is, and how it differs from a simple error. 2. Explain why human errors can be managed but never eliminated entirely. 3. Describe documentation and communication practices that can help prevent human errors as well as aid in identifying and correcting such errors before they result in patient injury. 4. Explain how root cause analysis and the SBAR communication models work, and how they can be used to resolve sources of recurrent errors. Learn More About Avoiding Surgical Systems Failures

Practical Reviews in General Surgery (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...24 or 48 per year (2 or 4 per month). Awarded by....Johns Hopkins. Cost..........Varies from $349 to $898 according to the number of issues per year (14 or 28) and the audio format you choose. Instruction Type...Text Plus Audio (Online Audio Only or Online Audio plus Audio CD). Target Audience...GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in General Surgery keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in General Surgery each month.  Each issue contains: up to 22 general surgery articles summarized and reviewed , including 10-12 in downloadable audio format; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned.

Practical Reviews On-Demand  (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Unlimited. See ==> Awarded by....Johns Hopkins. Cost..........$599 for Unlimited CME in 30+ Specialties for One year. Format...Text Plus Audio (Online and downloadable). Target Audience...30+ specialties. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated.

Practical Reviews On-Demand offers: • Unlimited online access to more than 30 specialties;  • Unlimited CME/CE credits with your one-year subscription; • Stay current on sub-specialty topics; • Search the Practical Reviews database; download that information to your computer and update with important articles for quick reference; • Review key points and strengthen what you’ve learned with online self-assessment quizzes.

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Free CME General Surgery. Many CME activities listed below offer Free General Surgery CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.

Free CME General Surgery. Many CME activities listed below offer Free General Surgery CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.

Archives of Surgery Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD, Credit hours...1.0 hour per issue (12 hours total). Awarded by....American Medical Association. Cost...........Free to subscribers to Archives of Surgery and AMA members. Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics Target Audience...General Surgery Educational material last updated...2011. Financial support...None. CME Credit Expires...Two years after posting.

Individual subscribers to Archives of Surgery and AMA members may participate in Archives of Surgery CME. You will find a wide selection of surgical topics. Some topics covered frequently are: Critical Care/Intensive Care Medicine, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Practice and Surgery.

Cleveland Clinic Surgery Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD Credit hours....19 activities offering a total of about 19 hours (not counted). Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures, Podcasts, Text-Only. Target Audiences...GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...Some activities have commercial support. CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.

Some recent activities include: Interdisciplinary Approach for Medical and Surgical Therapy of Complex Crohn's Disease; Medical and Surgical Therapy of Crohn's Disease: Molding and Marring the Guidelines from Medical and Surgical Societies into your Clinical Practice; Laparoscopic Surgery for Mucosal Ulcerative Colitis; Parastomal Hernia: Inevitable or Avoidable?; Laparoscopic Gastric Plication for the Treatment of Severe Obesity; Clinical Strategies for Obesity Management; and Laparoscopic Single-Site Surgery: The Future of MIS?

Medscape Transplantation Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours... Varies from time to time.  Awarded by....Medscape and 50 other sponsoring organizations. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....TRANSPLANT SURGERY. Educational material last updated...New activities posted daily. Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as self-supported by Medscape. Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.

CME activities of special interest to transplant surgeons. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats: CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Reports of  advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews. CLINICAL UPDATE - Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic. FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic. CME-LIVE - Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year. CLINICAL BRIEFS - Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide selection of peer-reviewed journals. SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty. INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.) CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.

MelanomaCare.org Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours: 9 webcasts and 1 text publication, 1.5 hours each activity (15 hours). Awarded by: The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and PharmAdura, LLC. Cost...Free Instruction Type... Slide-Video Lecture, audio podcast, Text-and-Graphics. Target Audiences... DERM, ONCO, GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material last updated...2011. Financial support... Schering Corporation. CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

You will find 9 webcasts/podcasts; the newest are: The Management of In-Transit Melanoma; Current Status of Adjuvant Interferon-α (IFN-α) Therapy in Melanoma; The Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) in Prior Resected and Recurrent Melanoma; Immunotherapy of Melanoma Using Checkpoint Blockade; and Melanoma Brain Metastases. You will also find a single text publication, Update on Advances in Melanoma: Current Progress and Future Promise.

NEJM Weekly CME Program Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours ...One per exam, three per week. (Total of about 140 hours now available). Awarded by....Massachusetts Medical Society. Cost..........Free to subscribers to NEJM; $15 (or $100 for bundles of ten) for non-subscribers). Instruction  Type....Text-and-Graphics. Target Audiences....FP, IM, IM subspecialists. Educational material last updated....Weekly. Financial Support...None Stated.

Each week, three articles in the New England Journal of Medicine have a companion CME exam available online. You can earn up to one CME credit for each exam successfully completed. NEJM subscribers receive 20 online exams per year as part of their subscription. Non-subscribers may pay on an hourly basis ($15 per single credit or $100 for 10 exams) and read the articles and take the exams completely online.

POIeducation.org Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours…3 activities offering a total of 4.0 hours. Awarded by…The France Foundation. Cost…Free. Instruction Type… Podcast, Slide-Video Lecture, Text-Only. Target Audience....GENERAL SURGERY, ANESTHESIOLOGY and other health care professionals who manage postoperative ileus (POI). Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...Adolor and GlaxoSmithKline.

POIeducation.org focuses on "prevention and treatment of post-operative ileus (POI) utilizing a multimodal management approach due to the diverse underlying physiological factors that contribute to this disorder." The current offerings include: Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (6-10 minute clips; 1.5 hour of credit) "features timely, clinically relevant topics surrounding POI." The four Webinars are: GI Recovery Following Colorectal Surgery: Surgical Approach, Enhanced Recovery Pathway, and Economic Considerations; A Multimodal Approach to the Prevention and Management of Postoperative Ileus: An Anesthesiologist's Perspective; A Multimodal Approach to the Management of Postoperative Ileus: A Surgeon's Perspective; and The Evolving Multimodal Management Plan for Postoperative Ileus: Improving Time to Bowel Recovery A Hospital Pharmacist's Perspective. The Retrospective Performance Review (1.0 hours) is a resource you can utilize to "assess how well you are managing your patients who are at risk for developing POI.”

Practical Reviews in General Surgery Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...24 or 48 per year (2 or 4 per month). Awarded by....Johns Hopkins. Cost..........Varies from $349 to $898 according to the number of issues per year (14 or 28) and the audio format you choose. Instruction Type...Text Plus Audio (Online Audio Only or Online Audio plus Audio CD). Target Audience...GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in General Surgery keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in General Surgery each month.  Each issue contains: up to 22 general surgery articles summarized and reviewed , including 10-12 in downloadable audio format; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned.

Projects In Knowledge Advanced Certificate Program in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...9 activities for a total of 8.5 credits. Awarded by…Projects In Knowledge.  Cost for Credit...Free.  Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Audio Podcast. Target Audiences...GI, ONCO, GENERAL SURGERY. Educational materials last updated...12/10.  Financial Support...Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals. CME Credit Expires...One year after posting.

After completing this program, you should be able to: assess the importance of screening, surveillance, diagnosis, and optimal treatment intervention of patients with or at risk of developing HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) through an understanding of the risk factors, disease burden, imaging, and biomarkers to customize interventions leading to improved patient outcomes; analyze the benefits of liver transplantation, surgical resection and ablation therapies in eligible patients with HCC to optimize patient outcomes; compare the benefits of various adjunctive therapies, including ablative therapy, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and chemoembolization; as well as conformal or stereotactic radiation, including radiotherapeutic microspheres, to select single or combined strategies that improve outcomes of patients with HCC; evaluate the benefits of targeted therapeutic agents, based on their efficacy and safety profiles and mechanisms of action, to improve treatment outcomes in patients with HCC; assess tumor- and patient-related factors as predictors of response to determine which patients with HCC are likely to benefit from specific therapies to improve their outcomes; and describe the potential role of systemic chemotherapies in combination with targeted agents, in the future treatment of patients with HCC.

Selected Readings in General Surgery Last visited......2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours......10 per issue; total of 80 credits per year. Awarded by......American College of Surgeons. Cost......Multiple Plans and Formats; see Subscription Page.  Instruction Type......Text-and-Graphics. Target Audience....GENERAL SURGERY. Educational material last updated......Monthly. Financial Support...None Stated.

Selected Readings in General Surgery (SRGS) is an accredited CME resource for surgeons enrolled in the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Successful completion of the SRGS CME program fulfills the MOC's Part II requirements that focus on lifelong learning and self-assessment. Regular reading of SRGS should enable you to: •  Maintain an excellent knowledge base in all areas of general surgery; •  Develop comparative and critical literature reading skills; •  Assemble and update a reference file of useful surgical papers; and •  Prepare for board certification and maintenance of certification exams. There are eight issues per year. Topics for 2011 are: Biliary tract and pancreas, Parts I, 2 & 3; Small bowel obstruction and small bowel disease, Appendix, colon, rectum and anus, Parts I, 2 & 3; and Endocrine surgery.

ThrombosisClinic.com Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...3 courses, offering  a  total of 7 hours.  Awarded by....Elsevier Office of Continuing Medical Education. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Audio/Video, Text-Audio, Slide-Text, and Text-Only. Target Audience...CARD, ER, SURG.  Educational material last updated....2011. Financial Support...sanofi-aventis and various other pharmaceutical companies.

This site is for physicians (especially cardiologists, ER specialists and surgeons) who have an interest in the prevention and management of thrombosis. You will find one activity in Arterial Thrombosis: Oral antithrombotic therapies — patients with atrial fibrillation (2.5 Hours); and 2 activities in Venous Thrombosis: Future Alternatives to Warfarin (0.5 Hour) and Associated Risks of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer Effective Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in...(4.0 Hours)

University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery Grand Rounds Last visited....2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.0 Hour for each session. About 36 sessions currently available. Awarded by....University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Surgery and Office of Continuing Professional Development in Medicine and Public Health. Cost for Credit......Free. Instruction Type...Slide-Video lecture. Target Audiences...SURGERY. Educational material updated...2011. Financial Support...None Stated.

Online Surgery Grand Rounds are offered weekly from September through May each year. Some recent lectures are: Tetralogy of Fallot: Current Surgical Treatment; The Expanding Role of Adrenal Surgery; Academic Surgery: The Scalpel and Pen; Recent 10 Year Progress in Pancreas Transplantation; Transplant Tolerance and Federal Immigration Reform; and Short Bowel Syndrome in Children.

VTEeducation.com  Last Visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit Hours: 4 activities offering a total of 5.75 hours. (plus Point of Care, see ===>) Awarded by...The France Foundation. Cost….Free. Instruction Type…Text-Only, Slide-Only, Podcast, Case-Based-Interactive, Point of Care. Target Audiences…CRITICAL CARE, GENERAL SURGERY, ONCO (and other physicians who prescribe thromboprophylaxis in at-risk patients). Educational material last updated….2009. Financial Support…GlaxoSmithKline.

VTEeducation.com focuses on "promoting better thromboprophylaxis... through adherence to evidence-based guidelines and appropriate use of all available therapies." Primer: A Call to Action: Practical Guidelines in Support of New Standards for VTE Prophylaxis (1.0 hour); Peer-to-Peer Dialogues: 6 audio-only discussions between experts (0.25 hour each); The VTE Educational Resource, Newsletter, Clinical Pearls, Performance Improvement (2.0 hours); and Peer-to-Peer Audio Podcast Series (6-10 minute clips; 1.5 hour of credit) "features timely, clinically relevant topics surrounding VTE."