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The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Anesthesiologist designates this activity for 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program^® and MOCA^® are registered certification marks of The American Board of Anesthesiology^®.

Education Track MOCA^® Part 2 This activity contributes to the patient safety CME requirement for Part 2: Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program^® (MOCA^®), known as MOCA 2.0^®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

Education Track MOCA^® Part 4 This activity contributes to the Part 4: Improvement in Medical Practice requirement of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program^® (MOCA^®), known as MOCA 2.0^®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 Part 4 requirements and their associated point values.

At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

Describe the anticipated concerns associated with robotically-assisted procedures.
Effectively create an appropriate differential diagnosis for the obese patient in steep Trendelenburg with markedly elevated airway pressures.
Describe the factors that should lead to disengagement of the surgical robot, the steps required, and the common complications associated with use of the surgical robot.
Develop and demonstrate the necessary technical and behavioral skills to manage an intraoperative crisis.

This activity is intended for anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents, and members of the anesthesia care team.

All faculty, staff and planners have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose relative to the content of this CME activity.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists remains strongly committed to providing the best available evidence-based clinical information to participants of this educational activity and requires an open disclosure of any potential conflict of interest identified by our faculty members. It is not the intent of the American Society of Anesthesiologists to eliminate all situations of potential conflict of interest, but rather to enable those who are working with the American Society of Anesthesiologists to recognize situations that may be subject to question by others. All disclosed conflicts of interest are reviewed by the educational activity course director/chair to ensure that such situations are properly evaluated and, if necessary, resolved. The American Society of Anesthesiologists educational standards pertaining to conflict of interest are intended to maintain the professional autonomy of the clinical experts inherent in promoting a balanced presentation of science. Through our review process, all American Society of Anesthesiologists accredited activities are ensured of independent, objective, scientifically balanced presentations of information. Disclosure of any or no relationships will be made available for all educational activities.

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