Faculty

Needs Statement

Acute care surgery has grown into its own specialty. Acute care surgery improves access to care, elevates the standards of emergency care delivery and improves outcomes for patients, surgical education and general surgeons’ lifestyles. However, due to multiple factors, ACGME work hour regulations, hospital environments outside of academic institutions and an aging population, there is a growing need for more qualified clinicians to provide care to these patients. Advanced practice providers are educated, trained and qualified to provide this care. These providers can be integrated into models of care that impact team dynamics, workflow and patient outcomes.

Target Audience

Advanced practice providers and residents in trauma and acute care surgery

Objectives

Upon complete of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the need for an acute care surgery (ACS) model
2. Define the players
3. Describe the training and educational opportunities
4. Explain different models of care
5. Identify impact on patient outcomes

Accreditation

CME
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 Kentucky College of Medicine, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

ACGME Competencies

• Patient care

Faculty Disclosure

No speaker, planner or content reviewer has any relevant financial relationships to disclose. The speaker will not discuss the off-label use of a product.

Content review confirmed that the content was developed in a fair, balanced manner free from commercial bias. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone commercial bias in any presentation, but it is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Acknowledgement

This activity is jointly provided by the University of Kentucky and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.