Perioperative Things We Do For No Reason - On Demand 2026
Fed up with perioperative rituals that persist without evidence? Analyze and evaluate two high-impact habits, assess why hospitalists keep them, and provide practical, evidence-based alternatives. Through lively cases and pointed critique, you’ll synthesize takeaways you can apply tomorrow, trimming risk, saving time, and sharpening perioperative judgment.
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On-Demand
Expires on Apr 05, 2029
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Evaluate two current practices in perioperative medicine that are Things We Do for No Reason.
  2. Analyze why hospitalists enagage in these Things We Do for No Reason practices.
  3. Assess why they are Things We Do for No Reason practices.
  4. Provide alternative practices to the 2 perioperative Things We Do for No Reason.
Faculty
  • Steven Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM, FRCP
    • Dr. Cohn reports an ownership interest in Abvie, GSK, JNJ, MRK, OPKO, and PFE and receiving royalties from McGraw-Hill and UpToDate.
  • Leonard Feldman, MHM, FAAP, FACP
Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.
CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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