eChapter AORN Winter 2025 Symposium - Perioperative Safety and Risk Reduction
Webinar/Online
Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 8:30am PT - 12:30pm PT
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Topic
eChapter Symposium Online
Credits Offered
This event offers
3.5 contact hours
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
Terri Goodman & Associates, Provider Number CEP 16550, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education credit by the California Board of Registered Nursing..
Additional Information
eChapter Winter Symposium ~ November 8 ~ 8:30-12:30 (Pacific)
The symposium brings together leaders and front-line clinicians for engaging presentations, audience Q&A, and interactive games that make learning fun and memorable..
Why Attend?
✔ Earn education hours
✔ Connect with a global periop community
✔ Prepare for CNOR certification
✔ Win prizes while learning
✔ Gain insight into cutting-edge patient safety strategies
Interactive Engagement Activities
CNOR Test Prep Questions – Prize Activity: Attendees will answer live CNOR-style multiple-choice questions throughout the symposium. Join perioperative professionals from around the globe for the 2025 eChapter Symposium, a half-day virtual gathering hosted by the AORN eChapter. Designed for periop nurses, educators, surgical technologists, and healthcare leaders, this high-impact event focuses on advancing patient safety and risk reduction across surgical settings.
Speakers
Director Perioperative Operational Excellence at LiveData, Inc.
Aileen R. Killen, PhD, RN is currently the Director, Perioperative Excellence at LiveData. In her role, she collaborates with LiveData on strategies for adoption and utilization of PeriOp Manager, a surgical workflow solution. In addition to holding perioperative leadership positions in some of the country’s leading medical facilities, including New York University Medical Center, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Aileen was also heavily involved in the patient safety arena as an AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellow, where she focused on designing operating rooms for patient and staff safety. In 2014, she was appointed as Global Head of Healthcare Consulting at AIG, where she established AIG as a safety thought leader across the global healthcare industry. Aileen earned a diploma in nursing from Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing and a BSN from DeSales University, both in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She holds an MS in Nursing from the University of Maryland in Baltimore, a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management from New York University, and a PhD from Boston College School of Nursing.
To learn more about Charles Vickery . . . linkedin.com/in/charles-vickery-msn-rn-cic-crcst-69a23b90
Clinical Support Specialist with LiveData.
Jeffrey Oliver is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CCNS) and certified perioperative nurse (CNOR). He has over 33 years of nursing experience and has served in a variety of roles throughout his career. Jeff began his career in the pediatric intensive care unit and in 1995 was commissioned in the United States Air Force in 1995. He transitioned from the ICU into perioperative nursing in 1998. Jeff was deployed three times during his twenty-five-year career. As his last assignment, Jeff was assigned as faculty at the Uniformed Services University Graduate School of Nursing and served as the Perioperative Nursing Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. After retiring from the Air Force in March of 2021 and worked as the Director of Surgical Services at a community hospital in South Carolina.
Perioperative Educator
Follow links to learn more about Farrah Barnes . . .
Independent Nurse Consultant
To learn more about Amanda Benedict . . . https://array.aami.org/content/news/aami-s-amanda-benedict-honored-society-standardization-professionals
Sr. Nurse Manager, Operating Room
Read more about Nicholas in LinkedIn . . .
Perioperative RN
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Event Agenda
eChapter AORN Winter 2025 Symposium - Perioperative Safety and Risk Reduction
Event Agenda
Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 8:30am PT - 12:30pm PT
All times listed in
Pacific Time (US & Canada).
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Saturday, November 8, 2025
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8:30am - 8:35am
Welcome and Introduction
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8:35am - 9:10am
High Reliability Organizations
Jeffrey Oliver Aileen Killen
0.55 CE Credits -
9:10am - 9:45am
OR Team Pre-Wheels Out: Observation Pilot Study
Kathleen Langerman
0.55 CE Credits -
9:45am - 10:20am
Bacteria in brain surgery: The Infection Preventionist's Approach
Charles Vickery, Jr NIcholas DeStefano
0.55 CE Credits -
10:20am - 10:35am
Solventum Sponsor Presentation
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10:35am - 11:10am
AAMI / ISO Sterile Processing Standards
Amanda Benedict
0.55 CE Credits -
11:10am - 11:45am
American & International Standards on Laser Safety in Perioperative Practice
Penny Smalley
0.55 CE Credits -
11:45am - 12:20pm
Malignant Hyperthermia Jeopardy
Farrah Barnes
0.55 CE Credits -
12:20pm - 12:35pm
Prizes | Closing | Evaluation
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