9096: Risk Basics - Surgical Practice

This course expires on 12/31/2024 and will no longer be accessible for completion after that date. 

NO FEE

DISCLAIMERS  

This course is also offered as an eBook self-study. Policyholders who have already completed the eBook version, course #9088, are not eligible to complete this online 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 eBook, click here to submit an inquiry.

This course is an ONLINE self-study. You will be required to complete this course and take the test online. If you would rather have PDF materials emailed directly to you, you will need to register for the eBook version here: 9088 Risk Basics - Surgical Practice.

Course Description

The purpose of this activity is to review the common risk issues associated with the non-clinical patient-safety issues of surgery as revealed through medical malpractice claims data. The risks associated with surgical practice – including risks of failed communication and documentation – are examined, process gaps are explored, and strategies to avoid risk are offered.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize the most common risk management issues associated with the surgical practice
  2. List risks of poor communication, documentation, medication errors, and other factors that make a claim or lawsuit indefensible
  3. Identify risk management strategies to improve delivery of care in the surgical specialty
  4. Apply appropriate tracking systems, protocols, checklists, and electronic systems to effectively improve patient safety
Course Format

This course is a digital reading option. It consists of pages of text, followed by a test. 

Credit Awarded

  • 5% Premium Credit for Physician Policyholders
  • 1.0 CME Credit for Physicians
  • Certificate of Participation for Non-Physicians

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA CME
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/01/2022
Course expires: 
12/31/2024

Faculty & Authors

This course was developed by SVMIC’s Risk Education and Evaluation Department: Shelly Weatherly, JD, VP; Julie Loomis, AVP, Risk Education; Jeff Woods, JD, Risk Education Manager. Reviewed by Michael A. McAdoo, MD, on July 31, 2021.

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 (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) and State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company. 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 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAFP:  The AAFP has reviewed Risk Basics: Surgical Practice and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AOA:  This program is eligible for one (1) credit hour 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, 2022 and will expire on December 31, 2024. SVMIC will not process any completions after December 31, 2024.

             

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) implemented mechanisms, prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity, to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all individuals in a position to control content of this CME activity.

FACULTY/PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE

The following faculty and/or planning committee members have indicated they have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Shelly Weatherly, JD, VP; Julie Loomis, AVP; Jeff Woods, JD

STAFF AND CONTENT REVIEWER

SVMIC staff, input committee and all content validation reviewers involved with this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA CME
  • 1.00 Attendance
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