CME Info

Accreditation Statement

Florida Hospital is accredited by the Florida Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Designation Statement 

Florida Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 30.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit

Nursing Credit: Nursing contact hours will be awarded for attendance to this course by Florida Hospital FSBN Provider #NCE2012

American Disability Act Statement

Florida Hospital is committed to making its activities accessible to all individuals. If you have a disability, please submit a description of your needs, along with your registration, to assure that you will be able to participate in the activity.

Faculty Disclosure/Conflict of Interest

In accordance with Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be disclosed at the conference. The faculty is expected to disclose to the program audience any real or appropriate conflict(s) of interest to the content of their presentation(s). Faculty is also required to identify any reference to off-labeled usage or research data included in their presentation.

Upon conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Examine the surgical techniques and methodology behind complex robotic urologic cancer surgeries such as prostatectomy, cystectomy and partial nephrectomy

• Analyze the robotic techniques unique to the surgical management of bladder, kidney and prostate cancer

• Discuss the key complications and outline the intra-operative and post-operative management related to robotic surgery procedures using video-based learning and discussion

• Apply the laparoscopic and robotic surgical skills of suturing and knot tying related to urethrovesical anastomosis, continent diversion and partial nephrectomy

• Discuss current and upcoming protocols for regaining potency and continence following robotic prostatectomy and cystectomy