Accredited Webinars

We are pleased to announce that we are hosting several accredited webinars over the next few months. If you are a physician, you will be able to receive Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Section 1 credits. If you would like to participate in the one-hour webinars, please sign up below and we will send you links to the upcoming webinars.

Management of Postoperative Pain presented by Dr. Hance Clarke
Wednesday March 24, 2021 at 5pm

Postoperative Wound Management presented by Leslie Heath and Debra Johnson
Wednesday April 28, 2021 at 5pm

Greening the Operating Room
Wednesday May 26, 2021 at 5pm

Guidelines

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Prescription of Pain Medication at Discharge

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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

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Surgical Site Infection Prevention

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Management of Acute Pancreatitis

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Small bowel obstruction guideline

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ERAS for Pancreatic Surgery

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Implementation Tools

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Preoperative Fasting Recommendations

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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

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Surgical Site Infection Prevention

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Management of Acute Pancreatitis

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Mechanical Bowel Preparation

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ERAS for Pancreatic Surgery

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Best Practice in Surgery Newsletters

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Vision Statement

To ensure all patients having surgery at the University of Toronto affiliated hospitals receive high quality, person-centered care resulting in optimal patient and clinical outcomes.

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Who We Are

The Best Practice in Surgery consists of surgeons, fellows and residents from all of the surgical divisions in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. In addition, other members of the perioperative team including representation from Anesthesia, Nursing, Nutrition, Physiotherapy, and other disciplines are part of the Committee.

Steering Committee

Best Practice in Surgery is led by Dr. Robin McLeod, Vice Chair of Quality and Best Practice in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. The Steering Committee consists of representatives from all surgical divisions including: