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California Alliance for Perioperative Practice Fall Seminar

CAPP Fall Seminar 2025 – Building Bridges: Stronger Together

November 9, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM (Pacific Time)
FREE Virtual Event

The California Alliance for Perioperative Practice (CAPP) is proud to present our second statewide virtual seminar, Building Bridges: Stronger Together. This Fall, we shift our focus to the power of teamwork in perioperative practice—recognizing that the strength of the operating room lies not only in individual excellence but in the collaboration of diverse professionals united around patient care.

This free, 3-CE event brings together a multidisciplinary panel of leaders who will share insights on how team dynamics, professional identity, and effective communication contribute to a resilient and high-performing perioperative culture.

Featured Speakers

  • Bill Duffy, RN, MJ, CNOR, FAAN
    “It’s a Wonderful Life: A discussion on the power and meaning of being a nurse”
    A heartfelt reflection on the significance of nursing and how it shapes professional fulfillment and patient care.

  • Teresa Roman-Micek, CHSOS, TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer
    “Brief, Shining Moments in Education: I’ll take them”
    A look into high-impact educational moments and how they can enhance teamwork, learning, and communication.

  • Dr. Cassendra Munro, PhD, BS, RN, RNFA, CNOR, FAORN, FAAN
    “Teamwork in Action: Striving for Excellence in Perioperative Practice”
    Explore how collaboration and shared vision elevate standards of care in the OR.

What You’ll Gain:

  • Strategies to strengthen perioperative team relationships

  • Insights into professional practice value and engagement

  • Tools to foster communication and interprofessional collaboration

  • A renewed connection with your "why" in perioperative nursing

Whether you’re a circulating nurse, surgical technologist, anesthesia provider, nurse leader, or educator—this seminar is for anyone invested in building stronger, safer, and more connected surgical teams across California.

Don’t miss out! Register today and join us in shaping the future of perioperative excellence—together.

Please register here.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #2168 for 3 Contact Hours. Thank you to AORN of Silicon Valley for being our approved CE Provider.

Earlier Event: November 8
Virtual Bingo Fundraising
Later Event: November 9
Ladle Fellowship Volunteer Opportunity