Name
#72 What We Do: A Quarterly Multidisciplinary Craniofacial Surgical Team Meeting to Improve Perioperative Morbidity and Adherence to Clinical Pathways
Speakers
Content Presented on Behalf of
Navy
Services/Agencies represented
Uniformed Services University (USU)
Session Type
Posters
Room#/Location
Prince Georges Exhibit Hall A/B
Focus Areas/Topics
Policy/Management/Administrative
Learning Outcomes
Following this session, the attendees will be able to summarize how a multidisciplinary surgical team meeting can improve adherence to clinical pathways and decrease surgical morbidity. Each learner will also have an increased ability to discuss the benefits of a multidisciplinary team meeting to their own institutions. Lastly, the learner will be able to apply these concepts to create a multidisciplinary team meeting at their own institution.
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Description
Given the complexity of surgical care, many operations require a multidisciplinary approach to perioperative patient care. Although this is essential, this makes proper adherence to perioperative protocols challenging given the amount of providers involved with different case experiences. To increase adherence to perioperative protocols, our Division of Plastic Surgery implemented a quarterly, multidisciplinary, surgical team meeting with all involved providers. Following this meeting, we noticed a significant improvement to protocol adherence, and thus a significant decrease in surgical morbidity including improved operative time and lower transfusion rates. We aim to use this poster session to convey the benefits of multidisciplinary meetings through quantitative data so that others can implement meetings such as this at their home institution. We hope to convey that multidisciplinary care requires a multidisciplinary approach to team meetings.