Patient Care & Procedural Skills

Opioid Use Disorder

Prescribing healthcare practitioners and patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) often have different perspectives. As a practitioner, you may face challenges in working with these patients. The patients themselves encounter barriers and difficulties associated with getting the treatments they need….

AIM Self-Assessment Volume 2

AIM is a web-based program that’s designed to help allergy/immunology providers and trainees obtain new knowledge and reaffirm their existing knowledge. The program consists of 120 case-based, multiple-choice questions to help evaluate and maintain clinical competence. Questions address the basic…

RadOncQuestions

RadOncQuestions is a learning module that prepares learners for their Radiation Oncology Knowledge Assessment Program exams, written boards, and recertification for boards. A question back for radiation oncologist physicians provides up-to-date questions, and explanations with answers.

STEM (Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana)

Overview The Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana (STEM) project is a web-based, independent, methodologically rigorous, and updated cannabis evidence resource for the health care sector that empowers health care providers to have evidence-based discussions about cannabis use with their…

Ophthoquestions

Ophthoquestions is a learning module that prepares learners for their Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program exams, written boards, and recertification for boards. A question back for ophthalmology physicians provides up-to-date questions, and explanations with answers.

Family Medicine Risk and Claims-Part 2

Medical professional liability (MPL) lawsuits are not always avoidable and healthcare professionals are frequently surprised by a claim or lawsuit. However, there are strategies healthcare professionals can implement to reduce the risk of claims and lawsuits. In cases where they…

Family Medicine Risk and Claims-Part 1

Medical professional liability (MPL) lawsuits are not always avoidable and healthcare professionals are frequently surprised by a claim or lawsuit. However, there are strategies healthcare professionals can implement to reduce the risk of claims and lawsuits. In cases where they…

Placental Abruption: A Team Approach Using the 4 R’s

Placental abruption is a life-threatening complication for both the fetus and the mother. Outcomes are optimized when health care teams focus on the 4 R’s: team readiness, recognition of the condition, and an organized, evidence-based response utilizing risk mitigation strategies….

EFM Case Study #11, FHR Decelerations: Part 3-Severity Scales

Fetal heart rate (FHR) decelerations expose providers/hospitals to malpractice risk. When decelerations become severe, failure to identify and intervene is a common malpractice allegation. Understanding the effects of deceleration depth, duration, and/or frequency on fetal acid-base balance is required if…