Information

•  6 week online course.
•  6 topics (one released each week).
•  The time commitment is 6 hours per week (on average).
•  Each topic contains a reading package, journal articles, short videos, podcasts and self assessment questions embedded into topics.
•  Self assessment questions are designed as educational materials and no minimum pass mark is required.
•  Certificate of completion will be provided.

Course Dates

• July Course: 11 July – 19 August 2022
• October Course: 3 October – 11 November 2022

Time Commitment:

4 - 6 hours per week (on average)

Eligibility

• Anaesthetists
• Intensivists
• Physicians
• Surgeons
• Pain Specialists
• Emergency Physicians
• General Practitioners
• Nurses
• And any professionals interested in perioperative care

Course structure

SIX topics will be offered in this course released on a weekly basis.

No Assessments.

Course topics

1. Module1 - Introduction to Perioperative Medicine by Professor David Walker
   • The perioperative medicine physician.
   • Health economics: economic burden of healthcare provision, resource allocation, measuring health economic outcomes.
2. Module 2 - Clinical Risk Assessment by Professor David Walker
   • Biomarkers and organ specific.
   • Physical fitness, activity and surgical outcomes.
   • CPX, functional capacity.
3. Module 3 - Perioperative Medication Management by Dr Joel Symons
   • Preoperative medication management.
   • Postoperative medication management.
4. Module 4 - Common Early Postoperative Challenges by Dr Jonathan Nicholson
   • The burden of post-operative complications.
   • The common complications that occur in the early post-operative course and evidence based strategies to best detect and manage these.
   • Post-operative models of care to manage the high risk patients.
   • Future direction in reducing post-operative complications.
5. Module 5 - Designing Clinical Pathways by Professor David Walker
   • Enhanced recovery after surgery pathways.
6. Module 6 - Ethics and Advanced Care Directives by Dr Deborah Leung
   • Including the very young and the very old.
   • POPS
   • Ethics of informed consent.

Please Note: Topics will be subject to change. Last Updated: December 2021

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