Training & Education 
“Enhancing Perioperative Emergency Readiness Through Simulation, ICS, and After-Action Review”—a poster by Rebecca Rayburn, RN, MS, CAPA, ABLS, perianesthesia senior nurse manager pre/post, and Meghan Rider, MS, RN, instructor of clinical nursing, both with University of Rochester Medicine’s Sawgrass Surgery Center—won second prize in the Periop Leader Week 2026 Poster…
Periop Leader Network recently spoke with Bill Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), to discuss a wide variety of topics of interest to ASC leaders, as well as ASCA’s current efforts to move the industry forward. Periop Leader Network: Looking at the ASC landscape right now, what’s…
We recently spoke with Amanda Heitman, BSN, RN, CNOR, perioperative educational consultant and founder with Periop Anew, about the latest in perioperative staff safety. At Periop Leader Week 2026, she delivered a powerful 30-minute presentation on the topic. (To find out more about Ms. Heitman, scroll to the bottom of…
How can strong partnerships between educators and nurses strengthen professional development? Plenty, says Consulting Nurse Educator Carmen Sincerbeaux, MA, BSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC. During their session at Periop Leader Week 2026, “Don’t go it alone: How and why you should partner with your NPD/Educator to solve problems and develop staff,”…
Day 2 of Periop Leader Week 2026 delivered on every front! The Periop Networking & Innovation Hall was buzzing as leaders explored new solutions, watched live demos, and sat in on CE sessions from the vendors shaping the future of surgical care. The afternoon kept the momentum going with peer-to-peer…
Today begins three full days of sessions at Periop Leader Week built around five tracks that will run simultaneously: Leadership & Workforce; Business Management; Quality, Safety & Regulatory Readiness; Operational Efficiency & Technology; and ASC & Outpatient. Attending community members don’t need to stick with any particular track; they’re free…
Many of you have been to many, many conferences over the years. And while they’re usually great experiences, often by Day 2 or 3 you begin to suffer from the dreaded “death by PowerPoint”—session after session after session of one or two people presenting on a topic as you sit…
A training program administered by the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University is “bringing advanced trauma skills directly to emergency room staff who need them most.” For the last year, a team of MCG physicians “has successfully piloted a state-funded portable simulation training course, called Rural Interactive Trauma…
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has launched a patient education resource called Anesthesia Answers, which it states was created by certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and nurse anesthesiologists to “help patients and their families navigate one of healthcare's most misunderstood topics: anesthesia.” Available at AnesthesiaAnswers.org, it addresses common…
New anesthesiologists are likely to be much more aware of the larger picture of perioperative care moving forward. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) announced that “perioperative medicine” will be added as a new clinical topic within the subspecialty section to the Content Outline…
