POET 6.01 | Perioperative medicine is population health.

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English - November 29, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 7.74 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
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Perioperative medicine is defined here as: "the practice of patient centred multidisciplinary and integrated medical care of patients from the moment of contemplation of surgery until full recovery". Population health is defined as: "the health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes within the group".

Do the two compliment each other?

Use this concise 15 minute presentation to help build the case for a perioperative care programme at your institution.

Presented by Sol Aronson, tenured professor at Duke University and Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology.