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.This course focuses on important topics, in a short, visual Q&A format.
In this course, the five modules are:
- Reconstruction of Foot and Ankle Wounds
- Lower Extremity Amputation
- Microvascular Principles of Lower Extremity
- Patient Selection and Risk Factors Associated with Suboptimal Outcomes
- How to Determine and Optimize Perfusion to the Lower Extremity
Intended Audience
This educational activity is intended for all CME-related persons including plastic surgery practitioners, residents, and other healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the various surgical techniques and approaches used in foot and ankle wound reconstruction.
- Identify the importance of patient selection and risk factors associated with suboptimal outcomes in lower extremity amputation, and develop strategies to minimize complications and improve outcomes.
- Recognize potential complications and strategies for their prevention and management in microvascular reconstruction of the lower extremity.
- Develop skills in the rapid and accurate diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome and its differentiation from other conditions causing lower limb pain.
- Identify the risk factors and complications associated with impaired perfusion in the lower extremity.
Faculty
Ahmed S. Suliman, MD, FACS
Brian Mailey, MD, FACS
Fernando A. Herrera, MD, FACS
Milton B. Armstrong, MD, FACS
Isis Scomacao, MD
Accreditation
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons designates this other activity (live virtual meeting and on demand recordings) for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM: 1.0
Media: Multimedia
Release Date: 1/21/26
Expiration Date: 1/21/29*
Estimated time to complete this course: 1 hour
*Course access ends on course expiration date
Of the 1.0 credits, 0.5 have been identified as applicable to patient safety.
Disclosure Policy
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) requires all faculty, authors, planners, reviewers, managers, staff and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships or affiliations. All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted by ASPS for fair balance, scientific objectivity and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. The ASPS also requires faculty/authors to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of a product are discussed in a CME activity or included in related materials.
Disclaimer: All relevant financial relationships for planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) are reviewed by the ASPS Continuing Education Committee and have been mitigated, if applicable.
The following planners/faculty members/reviewers relevant financial relationships or affiliations disclosures:
Nothing to disclose
Recognition Statement
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits offered by this activity are enhanced by ASPS Learner Credit Reporting for learners who have opted into this reporting. Successful completion of this CME activity enables active American Board of Surgery (ABS) members the opportunity to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the ABS's Continuous Certification program when claimed within 30 days of completion of the activity.
Participants in ASPS-accredited education who want their CME credits reported to certifying and state licensing boards must opt-into reporting and add their NPI as well as state license ID and/or collaborating board ID(s) before claiming credit.
Directly provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons® (ASPS®)
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