Tips for a Successful Robotic or Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Large Uterus (>500 g)

Chicago, IL US
April 27, 2024
Master minimally Invasive hysterectomies with us!

Experience a transformative educational opportunity that will elevate your expertise in minimally invasive robotic or laparoscopic hysterectomies. This activity is crafted to equip healthcare professionals with the streamlined, high-level knowledge and precise skills necessary for successfully navigating complex cases involving large uteri affected by uterine fibroids.

Through comprehensive training and strategic insights, clinicians will unlock new levels of proficiency, empowering them to deliver superior care and outcomes for their patients. By honing your capabilities in managing intricate hysterectomies, you'll not only reduce surgical complications, but you'll also minimize recovery times, ultimately optimizing healthcare resource utilization.

Join us and embark on a journey towards mastery, where every skill learned is a step towards enhancing patient care and advancing your professional excellence.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for OBGYN surgeons specializing in surgical gynecology, wanting to enhance their surgical expertise and acquire effective strategies for performing minimally invasive robotic or laparoscopic hysterectomies for patients with large uteri affected by uterine fibroids.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Recall key principles and techniques to improve each surgical step of a hysterectomy;
  • Identify appropriate candidates for a robotic or laparoscopic hysterectomy;
  • Strategize the placement of operative ports for successful laparoscopic and robotic hysterectomy;
  • Utilize all robotic arms optimally during surgery;
  • Employ various containment and extraction systems to manage large pathology effectively;
  • Execute efficient extraction of large pathology to reduce operative times.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Brooke Hernandez
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
Brooke.Hernandez@uchicagomedicine.org
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-573-9500
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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.25 Participation
Event starts: 
04/27/2024 - 9:00am
Event ends: 
04/27/2024 - 12:00pm
Activity opens: 
04/01/2024
Activity expires: 
07/24/2024
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Center for Care and Discovery
5700 S Maryland Ave
Room 07850
Chicago, IL 60637
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Visit the University of Chicago Center for Care and Discovery's website! For questions about the program, contact Brooke Hernandez via e-mail.
 
 
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email at Brooke.Hernandez@uchicagomedicine.org.
 
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTOR
  Sandra Laveaux, MD, MPH
  Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Director, Center for the Advanced Treatment and Research (CATeR) of Uterine Fibroids
 
 
 


Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
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