Grand Rounds, September 5, 2024

September 3, 2024

Presentation Title: The True Cost of Appendicitis: Launching the APPI-Cost Trial

Speaker: Dalya Ferguson, MD

Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Time: 7:00 AM ‐ 8:00 AM
Location: Medical School Building
Learning Format: In‐Person

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Provide examples of direct and indirect healthcare costs experienced by surgical patients
  • Define a catastrophic healthcare expenditure
  • Define financial toxicity in the context of surgery

Credit Designation:

  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Event Disclosures:

Speakers:
Dalya Ferguson, MD has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Planners and other Administrative Support:
Sasha Adams, MD, Associate Professor, Acute Care Surgery Program Director, General Surgery Residency Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Surgery, Richard Andrassy, MD, Lillian Kao, MD, Professor, Surgery, Aditi Kashikar, MD, and Marina E Petsalis, MD have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.

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