9122: Surgical Practice - Enhancing Patient Safety (eBook)

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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: 9130: Surgical Practice - Enhancing Patient Safety. Please direct any further questions to [email protected].

DISCLAIMER

This course is also offered as an online course. Policyholders who have already completed course #9130 are not eligible to complete this eBook 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 provides an insight to malpractice risks and trends related to surgical practice. Topics include risk issues in technical performance of operations and procedures, clinical system failures, inadequate documentation, and miscommunication. The presentation will review claims, risk associated with those claims, and practical ways to reduce the incidence of a lawsuit while improving patient safety by minimizing those risks.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify current trends and risks in surgical claims
  2. Recognize the potential factors for a delay in diagnosis, such as miscommunication, inadequate documentation, or a clinical system failure, that could contribute to a claim
  3. Describe strategies to minimize risk while enhancing patient safety

Registration

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Credit Awarded

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

 

 

 

Course summary
Course opens: 
01/01/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2027

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; Trish Campbell, BSN, LNCC, Director of Risk Education; and Jeff Woods, JD, Risk and Practice Management Senior Attorney.

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.

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 reviewed by Hugh Francis, MD, on May 22, 2024. This activity was released on January 1, 2025 and will expire on December 31, 2027. SVMIC will not process any completions after December 31, 2027.

             

CME Disclosure

In accordance with ACCME Standard 3: Identify, Mitigate and Disclose Relevant Financial Relationships, the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) requires that anyone who is in a position to control the content of an activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months. Prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity, UTCOM has taken steps to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all individuals in a position to control content of this CME activity. No commercial support was received for this 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; Trish Campbell, BSN, LNCC, Director.

Staff and Content Reviewer(s)

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

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DISCLAIMER: This course is also offered as an online course. Policyholders who have already completed course #9130 are not eligible to complete this eBook 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.