Activity ID
14824Expires
December 7, 2026Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
1.00Fee
$0CME Provider: Massachusetts Medical Society
Description of CME Course
This is indeed the most exciting time to engage in clinical sciences. Sir William Osler described medicine as “a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.” Epidemiology and evidence alone cannot provide the answer to the “What should we do?” questions that physicians face every day. Given uncertainty, trade-offs and values, how should patients, clinicians and policymakers decide among diagnostic and therapeutic choices to make optimal decisions? Medical interventions may have benefits but also adverse effects. Clinical and health policy decisions necessitate weighing benefits and harms and trading off competing objectives. This oration (recorded on November 29, 2023) discusses integrating the science (evidence) and art (uncertainty and patient values) for optimal, evidence-based efficient patient-centered care choices in the face of uncertainty.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Allergy and Immunology
Anesthesiology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Family Medicine
Medical Genetics and Genomics
Nuclear Medicine
Ophthalmology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Plastic Surgery
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Radiology
Urology
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
Assess, value, and weigh scientific evidence of benefits and harms in medical decisions
Integrate the role of uncertainty in testing and treatment decisions
Apply a systematic rational approach to patient-centered decision making
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning & Improvement
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Physician Scientists, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
