Module 3: Surgical Practice in the times of COVID-19

Please note, this workshop must be complete by July 26, 2023.

ACOS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety eLearning Series

Module 3: Surgical Practice in the times of COVID-19

Presented by Geeta Lal, MD, MSc FRCS(C), FACS

Session description

This session will review the data on post-operative outcomes of unexpected COVID-19 infected patients undergoing surgery and the case for testing patients prior to elective surgery. It will also review the American College of Surgeons post-COVID-19 guidelines for resuming surgery, including patient-surgeon discussions, facilities, and surgery-specific items. In addition, examples of the process of implementation of these recommendations at a tertiary hospital will be reviewed.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, the participate should be able to:

1. Understand the basis for recommendations to resume practice
2. Review the American College of Surgeons Post-COVID-19 Readiness checklist for Resuming surgery
3. Provide an overview of the implementation of these guidelines at a tertiary care center

This session will include time for Q&A and interactivity with the instructor.

Eligible webinar participants will earn 1.5 AOA Category 1-A CME credits for this eLearning Series.

Unable to attend the live webinars? ACOS understands that scheduled webinar dates and times may not work with everyone's calendar. As a result, all sessions will be recorded and available on-demand. If you register now, you will have access to both the live version and the recording as soon as it's available. This on-demand access comes with unlimited viewing! You will receive a notification in your ACOS eLearning account - typically within 24 hours - once the recording is available.

Geeta Lal, MD, MSc, FACS

Staff Surgeon, University of Iowa Hospitals

Geeta Lal, MD, MSc FRCS(C), FACS.

Dr. Lal is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Iowa, where she serves as Co-Leader of the Endocrine Multi-disciplinary Oncology Group (at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center) and Associate Chief Quality Officer and Director of In-patient Quality and Safety.

Her clinical interest is in endocrine surgery, with a focus in thyroid and parathyroid disease including pediatric thyroid cancer. She was an NIH-funded investigator with an interest in the role of ECM1 in thyroid, breast and other malignancies. She has also authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. She is a member of: