
9073: Obstetrics Risks - Delivering the Goods (eBook)
NO FEE
Delivery of Course Materials
We will email a PDF copy of the eBook and corresponding materials to the email address provided when registering. Once you've read the material, you may email us your test answers for grading. This course is also available in an online format, and you can sign up for the online version by clicking here: 9079 Obstetrics Risks - Delivering the Goods. Please direct any further questions to AskRM@svmic.com.
DISCLAIMER
This course is also offered as an online course. Policyholders who have already completed course #9079 are not eligible to complete this booklet course for premium credit. Premium credit will not be given for completing the same course twice. If you are unsure whether you have already completed the online version of this course, click here to submit an inquiry or sign in and click the "My Activities" tab to see your recently completed activities.
Course Description
This course will examine the most frequent errors that either cause or contribute to an obstetrics-related malpractice claim, or make a claim less defensible. Topics include risk issues in documentation, communication, and systems failures, and will examine some of the most frequent areas of OB practice where claims occur. The course will suggest key points to avoid these errors and improve patient safety. And, where possible, the course will incorporate checklists and guidelines developed by professional societies and organizations.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the most common risk management issues associated with the practice of obstetrics
- List risks of poor communication, documentation, and systems failures
- Identify the most common areas of obstetric practice where claims occur
Registration
To order this course online please log in and click the "Take Course" button located on the right side of this page.
To email or fax in a registration form, you may download and print the form by clicking the following PDF link: SVMIC eBook Self-Study Registration Form
Credit Awarded
- 10% Premium Credit for Physician Policyholders
- 2.0 CME Credits for Physicians
- Certificate of Participation for Non-Physicians
Faculty & Authors
This course was developed by SVMIC’s Risk Education and Evaluation Department: Shelly Weatherly, JD, VP; Julie Loomis, RN, JD, AVP, Risk Education Program and Development; Jeff Woods, JD, Director of Risk Education Program and Development. Reviewed by Michael A. McAdoo, MD, on September 21, 2020.
CME Information
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) and SVMIC. The UTCOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation: The UTCOM designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAFP: The AAFP has reviewed Obstetrics Risks: Delivering the Goods and deemed it acceptable for up to 2.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AOA: This program is eligible for two (2) credit hours in Category 2 of the Continuing Medical Education Program of the American Osteopathic Association. Physicians will need to submit a letter of completion from the University of Tennessee directly to the AOA to receive CME credits, or AOA members may self-report the activity.
Continuing Education for Non-Physicians: The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU.
This activity was released on January 1, 2021 and will expire on December 31, 2023. SVMIC will not process any completions after December 31, 2023.
CME Disclosures
No commercial support was received for this activity. No speakers plan to discuss off-label use. No planners or speakers have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
DISCLAIMER: This course is also offered as an online course. Policyholders who have already completed course #9079 are not eligible to complete this booklet course for premium credit. Premium credit will not be given for completing the same course twice. If you are unsure whether you have already completed the online version of this course, click here to submit an inquiry or sign in and click the "My Activities" tab to see your recently completed activities.