CME on Your Terms – The Osler Institute utilized state-of-the-art equipment to record our Live Virtual February 2025 comprehensive Colorectal Surgery Review Course and bring it to you! These Video files are stored “in the cloud,” so you can stream them anywhere, anytime, as long as you have an internet connection, watch or listen to them on your phone, computer, or tablet – your learning experience is almost like being at the live activity but without travel costs and time away from your practice. In addition, each online review is a downloadable copy of the syllabus corresponding to the Video lectures for your viewing or as a free-standing study or clinical practice guide.
Release Date: April 12, 2025
Objectives
After this review, each participant should be able to:
- Describe preoperative, operative, and postoperative patient care in the principal component areas of colon and rectal surgery, specifically: benign and malignant conditions of the anus, colon, and rectum.
- Summarize your understanding of the diagnosis and management of patients from all 24 Core Areas of colon and rectal surgery.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the management of postoperative complications following colon and rectal surgical procedures.
- Discuss nonoperative management options of patients, for patients with disorders of the colon, rectum, and anus, including management of patients with intestinal stomas and inflammatory diseases.
- Demonstrate an understanding of colon, rectum, and anus tumors and describe the appropriate surgical and nonsurgical management required for each type of tumor and tumor stage.
- Outline the appropriate use of newer diagnostic and therapeutic methods, including the pre-and peri-operative role of hereditary/genetic testing of colorectal diseases.