Product Description

SNIPS is a new kind of educational course, cutting directly to the information you need to know in a short, visual format. Developed directly from content performance deficiencies from recent ABPS Continuous Certification Exam, these streamlined learning modules feature quick, easily digestible videos on important topics your peers struggled with last year. Take advantage of this great ASPS member benefit or upgrade for CME credits. This course focuses on important topics, in a short, visual Q&A format.

This non-CME module addresses the following questions:

1. Why is probing first-line for congenital NLDO but not for chronic adult NLDO?
2. How does fibrosis affect the success of probing in adults?
3. What is the typical age cutoff after which probing is rarely effective?
4. In adults, when is irrigation useful versus definitive bypass surgery?
5. How do the healing and scarring patterns differ between children and adults in the nasolacrimal system?

Intended Audience

This educational activity is intended for plastic surgery practitioners, residents, and other healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify current deficiencies in content coverage for distinguishing pediatric vs. adult management approaches for post-traumatic lacrimal obstruction covered on Board exams.
2. Assess methods to prepare for Board exam certification.
3. Summarize the latest Board certification requirements in plastic surgery.

Faculty

Sameer Shakir, MD, FACS

ABMS Core Competencies

The following ABMS core competencies will be addressed:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills

• Medical Knowledge

Product Code: 46757