Plan NOW to attend Clinical Congress 2017! We’ve picked out some sessions that you might find especially meaningful to your surgical practice, career plans, and life. Here’s a link to register and plan your schedule.
Sunday, October 22:
FOCUS on RAS, Skills Competition (11:30 am– 3:00 pm)
PS002 RAS-Symposium: Reframing Surgical Leadership in 2017: Captain of the Ship or a Worker on the Line? 3:00 – 5:30 pm)
Convocation and reception (6:00 – 8:00 pm)
Monday, October 23:
Opening Ceremony 8:00 – 9:00 am
PS111: Surgical Coaching: Mentor and Mentee (11:30 am -1:00 pm)
PS122: Initiates Program: Celebrating racial, ethnic and Gender diversity: where we are and where we
need to be. (2:30 -4:00 pm)
VE07: Challenging and Unusual problems in surgery (2:30-5:45 pm)
TUESDAY, October 24:
TH04: Operating, teaching and research: how do I strike the balance? (7:00 - 7:45 am)
TH06: How to work effectively with your boss: how to manage up (7:00 - 7:45 am)
THO7: The Alphabet Soup of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and How You Can Avoid a Penalty (7:00 -7:45 am)
PS218: Ergonomics for Surgeons: Preventing work-related injuries (9:45 - 11:15 am)
RAS Integrated Committee Session (Noon – 4:00 pm)
YFA Speed Mentoring Program – Sign up as a mentee! (4:00 – 5:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, October 25
TH12: Fellowship and Beyond: How to find a job (7:00 - 7:45 am)
PS328: Options for becoming a parent during and after surgical training (2:30 – 4:00 pm)
THURSDAY, October 26
TH17: Managing your online reputation (7:00 - 7:45 am)
TH19: Reducing malpractice risk: The benefits of early disclosure, apology and resolution (7:00 – 7:45 am)
PS407: Postoperative Pain Control: Strategies of Decreasing the need for narcotics-part 1 (8:00 – 9:30 am)
PS400: Ten Hot Topics in General Surgery (8:00 – 9:30 am)
PS408: Surgeons’ methods and responses to dealing with opioid epidemic part II (9:45 – 11:15 a