COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
14 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Medical Errors
- Describe the types of sentinel events the Joint Commission has identified
- Discuss what factors must be included in a root cause analysis in order for the Joint Commission to consider it thorough and credible
- Evaluate the most common misdiagnoses
- Describe the prevalence of medical errors and factors that contribute to an increased risk that such errors will occur
- Litigation Stress
- Discuss the typical physical and emotional reactions
- Discuss prevention strategies, including effective communication and documentation
- Learn to develop support systems and utilize privileged communications
- Discuss methods to cope with the pressure of a claim, develop a sense of perspective, and transform this into a growth experience
- Effective Communication and Conflict Management
- List principles of negotiation and communication
- Identify effective communication skills and techniques
- Sore Throats That Can Kill and Other Nightmare Emergencies
- Discuss the common, subtle, and key clinical findings of life-threatening ENT emergencies
- Interpret imaging studies required for prompt diagnosis
- Describe life-saving treatments and avoid pitfalls to help you to end the nightmare
- ENT Tricks of the Trade
- Review head and neck emergencies along with high-yield procedures
- Discuss treatment options for these emergencies
- Describe procedures to treat head and neck complaints
- Violence in the Medical Setting
- Evaluate and Learn to deal with your own stress, anxieties, and emotions when confronted with these challenging situations
- Develop strategies to promote safety, security, and dignity for all involved
- Identify how we influence whether a crisis is prevented or escalates and how to respond properly and professionally during crisis moments
- Implement practical skills and techniques to protect yourself and your staff
- Combative, Convulsing, Agitated Patient
- Discuss the key high-risk presentations and documentation that is essential when caring for these patients
- Describe disease states that can cause patients to present to the ED in a combative, agitated state or seizing
- Discuss the appropriate use of sedation in the initial stabilization of combative patients
- Discuss the indications for, and pitfalls of, patient restraints
- Wellness for the Clinician
- Discuss characteristics of resilience
- Discuss actionable items to developing a less hostile environment o Discuss what Medicine can do to support our clinicians
- Primary Care sports medicine: Joint Injections
- Identify indications and contraindications to joint injections
- Recognize the appropriate inductions, contraindications, and common techniques for joint injections
- Management of Sports Related Concussions
- Utilize updated recommendations for concussion evaluation and treatment
- Identify and appropriately manage sport related concussions
- Pediatric Sports Injuries
- Manage pediatric injuries appropriately for the sport and age group
- Develop a treatment plan for preventing and treating pediatric injuries
- Sports medicine in children: preparticipation physical evaluation.
- Conduct an appropriate pre-participation physical evaluation for sports participation
- Sideline Sports Management
- Manage and treat common injuries encountered during sideline event coverage
- Female Athlete
- Identify common injuries specific to the female athlete
- Understand and prevent common injuries specific to the female athlete
- Common Fractures in Primary Care
- identify urgent and emergent fractures
- Manage and treat common fractures both upper and lower extremity
- Running Injuries of the lower extremity
- Identify and recognize common overuse injuries of the lower extremity seen in runners
- Discuss risk factors, signs and symptoms associated with running injuries of the lower extremity