Community and Continuing Medical Education

Two CME credits are granted for these weekly educational series presented by varying faculty. Alternating weekly the Tumor Board invites will be sent directly from the Cancer Center for one CME credit. Virtual Event: https://uchc.WebEx.com/meet/Neurosurgery.

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Mohamad Khaled, MD

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024

Time: 6:00am-7:00am

Location: UCHC/UConn ASB Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty: Primary Care physicians, APRN’s, students, residents, Neurosurgeons, PA’s, any other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical needs pertaining to brain and spine disorders.

Topic Title: Neurological Examination in Trauma

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Review different types of skull fractures and management of skull fractures.
2. Describe traumatic hemorrhages and contusions.
3. Discuss the management of traumatic brain injury.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Khaled in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Dr. Khaled will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

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.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Khaled, and Natasha Judge as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

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 or Natasha Judge (njudge@uchc.edu), to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

Two CME credits are granted for these weekly educational series presented by varying faculty. Alternating weekly the Tumor Board invites will be sent directly from the Cancer Center for one CME credit. Virtual Event: https://uchc.WebEx.com/meet/Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Inam Kureshi, M

Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024

Time: 6:00am-8:00am

Location: UCHC/UConn ASB Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty: Primary Care physicians, APRN’s, students, residents, Neurosurgeons, PA’s, any other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical needs pertaining to brain and spine disorders.

Topic Title: Neurosurgical Examination in Trauma: ICP

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Review general information about ICP, including ICP monitoring.
2. Describe basic treatment measures and CSF physiology.
3. Discuss the management guidelines for traumatic brain injury.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Kureshi in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Dr. Kureshi will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

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 2 AMA PRA Category 2 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.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Kureshi, and Natasha Judge as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

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 or Natasha Judge (njudge@uchc.edu), to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.