Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Identify current issues in hypothermia and cerebral protection
• Define problems associated with coagulopathy and reversal of anticoagulation
• Identify concerns associated with anesthesia and intraoperative awareness
• Review implications of informed consent and anesthesia care
• Identify the importance of perioperative smoking cessation
• Identify the impact of simulation on perioperative care
• Examine the implications of diabetes mellitus on perioperative care
• Determine implications of heart failure on anesthetic management
• Identify intraoperative waveforms and images important for anesthesia care
• Review the importance and implications of perioperative statin use
• Evaluate examples of change management and their impact on patient safety
• Discuss future trends in the provision of anesthetic care
• Evaluate the importance of clinical pathways for joint replacement surgery
• Examine common clinical conundrums in obstetric anesthesia
• Review acute pain management for the chronic pain patient
• Evaluate national guidelines and recommendations for post operative respiratory monitoring
• Identify mechanisms to achieve safe and efficient dismissal for outpatient surgery
• Review multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation
• Define risk factors for post operative cognitive dysfunction in the elderly
• Review the significance of troponin levels during the perioperative period
• Recognize components of electrical safety in the operating room
• Examine the implications of liver disease on anesthesia and perioperative care
• Identify the implications of congenital heart disease for non cardiac surgery
• Discuss perioperative management of patients with coronary stents

Attendance at this Mayo course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.