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• Education Tracks

Each session is identified by a Track. A Track identifies the broad practice area that defines the session’s content. Many sessions contain overlapping content, or cover more than one area of practice, so are assigned to multiple Tracks. Refer to this key to determine the Track for each Session.

A - Ambulatory
Sessions specific to Ambulatory Surgery, whether hospital, office based, or free-standing.

C - Clinical
Sessions related to the care of the patient, including surgical procedures, direct patient care, and evidence-based practice.

E - Educator
Tips and tools used by the educator to plan, develop, and/or implement education activities to promote clinical practice.

E/L - Ethics/Legal
Sessions related to moral and ethical judgement in the practical application of clinical procedures. Content related to legal principles.

IC/IP - Infection Control/Prevention
Sessions providing the latest information to minimize the risk of spreading infection; defining precautions to prevent exposure to infectious agents and/or restricting exposure of healthcare workers to infectious agents.

I - Informatics
Sessions related to the collection, analysis, and management of patient data in order to make knowledge-based decisions and inferences for patient care.

P - Professional Development
Broad knowledge sessions that are designed to develop and enhance the perioperative professional’s skill set.

L/M - Leadership/Management
Sessions related to Leadership, the empowerment and motivation of others to achieve common goals; or Management, the strategic organization and allocation of people and products to improve efficiency and reach a desired outcome.

L/MO- Managers Program/Operations
Management education sessions with a focus on implementation and execution of policies, procedures, and practices to increase efficiency and improve operations.

L/MWF- Managers’ Program/Workforce
Management education sessions with a focus on the workforce.

PS – Patient Safety
These sessions provide information and insight into perioperative safety trends.

R - Repeat session.

CH - Contact Hours awarded for a session.

+ Risk Management
Sessions that qualify for the Risk Management credit will be identified in the Pre-Congress issue of the AORN Journal and in the Congress Program/Exhibit Guide.

Hot Topic - These topics will be listed on AORN’s website in January, and included in the February Chapter Leader Bulletin. Hot topics are sessions that have been identified as containing critical information that perioperative nurses need to know.

Contact Hours may be awarded for continuing education content presented in the Forum and House of Delegates. The agenda will determine whether and what portion of a Contact Hour will be awarded. You must be in attendance for 90% of an Education Session in order to earn the associated Contact Hours. AORN reserves the right to substitute an equally qualified individual to present a program in the event of speaker cancellation, or in case of an emergency. AORN also reserves the right to substitute or cancel a session at their discretion.