Activity ID
10424Expires
May 23, 2026Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
0.5Fee
$75CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Rising numbers of ED visits boost liability risks for advanced practice providers and physicians alike. When ED APPs are sued, the allegations cited are generally failure to diagnose or improper treatment of a patient’s condition. Insufficient communication heightens the prospect of claims. This activity presents strategies to help APPs and physicians to strengthen their diagnostic teamwork in order to reduce risks of patient harm and subsequent litigation.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Family Medicine
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
• Evaluate and adopt strategies to develop an open exchange of advice, ideas, and consultation between APPs and physicians working in the ED.
• Learn about and employ diagnostic debiasing strategies such as constructing a differential diagnosis and pausing to ask yourself “What else could this be?”
Keywords
Collaboration, Emergency Department, diagnostic error
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
