Course Overview
FORMAT SUBJECTS CME CREDIT

Course Format:

All lectures are given by the teaching staff of the University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals Residency in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and physicians affiliated with Intermountain Healthcare. Course material is presented in an outline format which directs the participant to areas that require more personal study.

Course activities and materials consist of:

  • 20-minute lectures in outline format
  • Syllabus (one book per day) with slide reproductions & illustrations
  • CD containing syllabus material and additional information
  • Board-type questions with immediate results by interactive system
  • Practice exam during course
  • Question books for self examination
  • Personal interaction with faculty
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    Core Subjects:

    Day One

    - Thoracic Diagnostic Procedures - Esophagus 
    - Thoracic Diagnostic Procedures - Pulmonary  
    - Thoracic Trauma
    - Bullous Emphysema and Pneumothorax 
    - Pneumonia/Abscess, Bronchiectasis, Empyema
    - Pulmonary Fungus, Tuberculosis
    - Mediastinal Tumors
    - Pulmonary Anomalies
    - Lung Cancer

    - Pulmonary Metastases
    - Benign Tumors & Bronchial Adenomas
    - Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndrome 
    - SVC Syndrome
    - Chest Wall Congenital Deformities & Tumors
    - Thoracic Radiography
    - The Diaphragm 
    - The Pleura 
    - The Trachea

    Day Two

    - Esophagus Congenital, Burns/Stricture
    - Esophagus Motility Disorders
    -     Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease & Benign Tumors of the Esophagus
    - Esophageal Cancer
    - Esophageal & Pulmonary Pathology
    - Cardiac Anatomy
    - CV Physiology/Heart Failure 
    - CV Pharmacology/Coagulation
    - Critical Care Physiology
    - Acute Heart Failure
    - Cardiopulmonary Bypass/Myocardial Protection
    - Coronary Artery Disease

    - Myocardial Infarction
    - Clinical Trials in Coronary Artery Disease
    - Coronary Artery Bypass
    - Post Infarction Ventricular Aneurysm, Mitral Insufficiency
    - Post Infarction VSD
    - Combined Coronary & Carotid Artery Disease
    - Aortic Valve Disease 
    - Mitral Valve Disease 
    - Tricuspid Valve Disease 
    - A-V Valve Repair and Choice of Replacement
    - Endocarditis
    - Molecular Biology - Genetics

    Day Three

    - Anesthesia
    - Cardiac Tumors
    - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    - The Pericardium - Tamponade
    - Cardiac Transplant, Indications & Results 
    - Lung, Heart-Lung Transplant, Indications & Results 
    - Immunology and Drugs
    - Complications after Cardiac Transplant     
    - Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure
    - Assisted Circulation
    - Echocardiography
    - Cardiac Arrhythmias
    - Aortic Aneurysm

    - Aortic Dissection
    - Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
    - Developmental Anatomy
    - Palliative Operations
    - Patent Ductus Arteriosus & Aortopulmonary Window
    - Coarctation of the Aorta - Interrupted Aortic Arch
    - Atrial Septal Defect
    - Ventricular Septal Defect 
    - Atrioventricular Septal Defect 
    - Tetralogy of Fallot
    - Coronary Anomalies     
    - Truncus Arteriosus 
    - Pulmonary Stenosis - Pulmonary Atresia Intact Ventricular Septum

    Day Four

    - Complications of Cardiac Surgery
    - Recent Papers
    - Vascular Rings and Slings
    - Congential Aortic Stenosis
    - Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm/Fistula
    - Ebstein's Anomaly

    		 - Single Ventricle Anomalies
    - Hypoplastic Left Ventricle     
    - Transposition of the Great Arteries 
    - Corrected TGA 
    - DORV and Other Malposition Anomalies 
    - Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection - Cor Triatriatum

    Continuing Medical Education :

    Accreditation: Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education (CME) is accredited by Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
    Designation: Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 31.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
    Faculty Disclosure: Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education, and, disclosure of faculty and commercial sponsor relationships (if any) will be made known at the activity.
    ADA: Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant of this program is in need of accommodation, please do not hesitate to call and/or write to the CME office in order to receive service.

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