Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesia (MOCA) Part 4: Simulation

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, CHOP Perioperative complex, Philadelphia, PA


This course is designed to recreate realistic and challenging cases, such as insufficient oxygen levels in the blood, difficult airway management, emergency blood pressure issues or cardiac events. To improve clinical practice and patient outcomes, the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia follows the guidelines from the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) and other related associations on patient safety. Using these guidelines, physicians are educated through didactic lectures and advanced simulation scenarios to share advances in pediatric anesthesia and critical care medicine practice and address safety issues identified in the department and hospital. This live, instructor-led, advanced simulation course will provide a safe environment to learn about new techniques or drugs and offer participants experience in crisis management, patient safety and professional teamwork that can be difficult to teach in the active operating room arena.

1. Practice the management for a patient with a perioperative crisis event in the operating room or during recovery from surgery
2. Utilize the principles of Crisis Resource Management in managing a perioperative anesthesia related crisis scenario.
3. Discuss strategies to translate these Crisis management strategies into their own work environment.

REGISTRATION FEE: $1,500
The registration fee includes course materials, lunch and parking.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (8.00 hours)

Course attendees should make their own hotel reservations early by calling one of the hotels listed below. These hotels are within walking distance of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia:

Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel
36th and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-387-8000 – philadelphiasheraton.com

The Inn at Penn
3600 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-222-0200 – theinnatpenn.com

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.