Activity ID
2248Expires
December 31, 2024Format Type
InternetCME Credit
0.5Fee
$270 Subscript.CME Provider: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Description of CME Course
In this one-lesson course, we’ll introduce you to patient and family shadowing, a valuable exercise for health professions students and health care professionals at any stage of their career. You’ll learn five steps for using shadowing to better empathize with patients and families. You’ll see how empathy can help you in your daily work, and how it can drive a sense of urgency to start testing and spreading changes to improve care.
Diplomate Engagement
Correct answers to the post-test; Recommended literature or other resources (presentations, audio/video, checklists, etc.)
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Allergy and Immunology
Anesthesiology
Family Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
Pathology
Psychiatry and Neurology
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
ABMS Self-Assessment Activity
Preventive Medicine
Radiology
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
Define patient and family shadowing.
List five steps for conducting a successful shadowing project.
Describe how to interact with patients, families, and clinical staff involved in a shadowing project.
Discuss how you can use your shadowing experience to create a care experience flow map, observational summary, and final report.
Explain how shadowing can help you come up with ideas for changes to improve care.
Keywords
Shadowing, Physician Patient Relationship
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Physician Well-being activity
Efficiencies in Medical Practice
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
National Quality Strategies and/or Quadruple Aim Care Processes
Communication Skills, Professionalism, Physician-Patient Relationship, Cultural Diversity/Cultural Competency, Mentoring
