Continuing Education

The OR Manager Conference is your go-to meeting place for earning continuing education through breakout sessions, keynotes, exhibitor CEs, posters and pre-conference workshops.

The 2024 OR Manager Conference is approved for 50+ CE contact hours! Earn up to 13 CEs at the conference, and 16 CEs with the Best Value Pass and pre-conference workshop. OR Manager Conference is also an approved provider of up to 10 AEUs and up to 5 IPCHs by the BASC.

Earn additional contact hours by engaging with session recordings, pre-conference workshops, poster presentations, and exhibitor presented CE sessions. All passes come with ALL session recordings from all breakout tracks, keynotes and lunch/breakfast presentations, so you can continue learning even after you return home from the conference!

The OR Manager Conference (Access Intelligence) is an Approved Provider of:

  • Continuing Education (CEs) by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #15831
  • Administrative Education Units (AEUs) by the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification (BASC), Provider #1301.
  • Infection Prevention Contact Hours (IPCHs) by the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification (BASC), Provider #1301.

OR Manager works with the Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI), the leader in perioperative certifications. The continuing education earned at the OR Manager Conference can be applied towards the CNOR, CSSM, CNAMB certification and recertification requirements. To learn more about CCI certification requirements please visit: cc-institute.org.

In addition, OR Manager is a proud partner of the American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification, Inc. (ABPANC). All continuing education hours, like those earned at OR Manager Conference, related to perianesthesia scope of practice requirements (including any role that supports or advances perianesthesia nursing) can be applied to CPAN and CAPA recertification. For more information on CPAN and CAPA certification, please visit cpancapa.org.

Content approved for Ambulatory Education Units (AEUs):

  • AAAHC Requirements – Are You Ready?
  • Anesthesia in an ASC – Complex Cases
  • Case Surgery Migration Assessment for Inpatient to HOPD to an ASC
  • Converting HOPDs to ASCs – What Hospitals Need to Know
  • Investing in Robotics – Why You Need Robotics Programs in your ASC
  • Legislative Advocacy from the Grassroots Up
  • Matching Anesthesia Staffing to Meet OR Needs
  • Navigating Compliance in Physician Owned ASCs – Understanding Operational Agreements and Safe Labor Laws
  • Outpatient Total Joint Trends
  • Social Determinants of Health – Human Trafficking and Other Outpatient Concerns of Discharge

Content approved for Infection Prevention Contact Hours (IPCHs):

  • AAAHC Requirements – Are You Ready? (1 hour)
  • Preventing Surgical Site Infections with the “7S Bundle” – What Does That Tell Us? (1 hour)
  • Mastering Joint Commission Standards (3 hours)