Activity ID
9331Expires
January 3, 2025Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
0.25Fee
$40CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Attainment and ongoing maintenance of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) skills is a requirement of all perinatal practitioners who actively participate in the care of pregnant patients. Lack of proper skills or failure to maintain skill in the interpretation and management of EFM data is a major factor in obstetric medical malpractice claims nationwide. All professional organizations (ACOG, AWHONN, AAP, ACNM) and patient safety advocate organizations (IOM, IHI, NQF) support multidisciplinary EFM education and training. This education series is divided into many short modules. This module in the series concentrates on the assessment and interpretation of fetal heart rate data especially detecting the presence of accelerations and periodic or episodic decelerations.
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
Identify the presence or absence of accelerations and decelerations in a FHR pattern; if present, analyze if they are episodic or periodic and determine what type of accelerations and decelerations are evident on the EFM strip.
Keywords
electronic fetal monitoring, EFM, Perinatal, OB malpractice, fundamentals
Competencies
Medical Knowledge
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
