This symposium is designed for general and specialty surgeons who wish to obtain an update on important topics pertaining to general surgery, and is also of interest to referring physicians.
Ancillary personnel are welcome to attend.
The symposium is designed as a comprehensive review of current topics in general surgery and will present the latest clinical information on components of trauma and gastrointestinal, oncological and vascular surgery. The course material will be conveyed through a complete syllabus, didactic lectures, laboratories, case presentations, panel discussions, question and answer sessions, slides and videos. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas designates this educational activity for up to 22.0 hours of category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity.