Meeting Dates and Locations / Course Director
Friday, November 7, 2008
5:30pm – 9:00pm
Grand Prospect Hall
263 Prospect Avenue
Brooklyn, New York / Saturday, November 8, 2008
8:00am – 1:00pm
Long Island College Hospital
339 Hicks Street
Brooklyn, New York / David Wlody, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Target Audience / Registration Fee (s)
Attending anesthesiologists, resident anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, student nurse anesthetists medical students, obstetricians / NYSSA Members are Free
Non Members - $100.00
Course Description / Credits
The topics of discussion will cover physician knowledge, competence and performance / 6
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
1. To improve general anesthesiologists’ competence in treating the patients with postpartum hemorrhage,
post dural puncture headache and neurologist disease.
2. To improve general anesthesiologists’ performance in treating the patients with pre-eclampsia, in performing neonatal resuscitation, and in treating the pregnant patient with cardiac disease.
3. To improve patient outcomes by increasing physician knowledge in the area of obstetric anesthesiology, specifically in dealing with patients with PDPH, eclampsia/pre-emclampsia, cardiac disease for pregnancy and obstetrics hemorrhage.
To register for the meeting call Jackie Dowling 718-780-2835 or email:
Accreditation
The State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The SUNY Downstate Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Policy:
SUNY Downstate Medical Center Office of CME (OCME) and its affiliates are committed to providing educational activities that are objective, balanced and as free of bias as possible. The OCME has established policies that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the audience, verbally or in writing, any commercial relationships that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations, and unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs and devices. Detailed disclosures will be made verbally and/or in writing during the program.