Podcast Title: Removing Insult from Injury: Disclosing Medical Errors

Brief Summary: Medical error disclosure can be stressful and frightening for physicians.  This podcast describes the frequency of medical errors and provides guidance on how to talk about this sensitive topic with patients and families. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how often medical errors occur to patients.
2. Describe the benefits to the doctor patient relationship of disclosing medical errors.
3. Discuss strategies to successfully describe medical errors to patients and families.

Speakers:

-Greg Bump, MD, Associate Dean, UPMC GME, Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

-Chaton Turner, JD, UPMC Senior Associate Counsel and Senior Director Disabilities Services at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Course Directors:

-Greg Bump, MD, Associate Dean, UPMC GME, Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

-Melinda Hamilton, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, Program Director Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Co-Chair, UPMC GME Professional Development Subcommittee, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

-Julie McCausland, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Program Director, Transitional Year Residency Program, Co-Chair, UPMC GME Professional Development Subcommittee, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Moderator:

-Greg Bump, MD, Associate Dean, UPMC GME, Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

CME Accreditation and Credit Designation

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

Instructions for receiving CME credit

Click here to receive CME credit, https://cce.upmc.com/DisclosingMedicalError

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