Department of Surgery Teaching Conference
Women in Surgery Lectureship
Improving Care: Measure Before (and after) You Cut
Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Surgery
Speaker: Sandra L. Wong, M.D.
Date: September 29, 2017
Time: 8:30-10:00*
Location: Keller Auditorium
Target Audience: Department of Surgery Faculty, Residents, Mid-Levels/Clinicians, Medical Students
Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
- Define role of measurement and evaluation in improving outcomes.
- Identify component of a good quality measure.
- Educate current practices in measuring and improving quality.
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Wong, has a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.
Dr. Wong will not be discussing the off-labeled use of any product.
This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
*A light breakfast will be served from 8:30-9:00am and will be available at the conclusion of the presentation.
Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email.
If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.
This material is confidential and is utilized as defined in Connecticut State Statute Sec19a-25 (formerly Sec 19-6a) for evaluating and improving the quality of health care rendered.
For more information, contact: Janice Hutchison at 860-679-2290, hutchison@uchc.edu