REDUCE PHYSICIAN RISK
Improve Outcomes by Increasing Physician Competence in Identifying and Managing Risk
Studies show that medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths annually and can cost more than $6 billion per year. ELM’s Clinicolegal Education for Physicians helps improve patient safety and reduce the financial costs to provider organizations by teaching providers to identify when safety has been compromised and how to manage the resulting risks. The courses develop physicians’ critical thinking and decision-making skills by using real-life case studies to clarify proper conduct in questionable situations. Through case-based learning, physicians will become more skilled at preventing risk and addressing it appropriately when it does arise. Ultimately, patients will benefit from improved safety measures and your organization will benefit from reducing compensable damages.
Impact:
Increase Patient Safety
- Raise awareness of risk to avoid patient injury
- Improve physician recognition of risk and safety issues
Reduce Compensable Harm
- Improve physician-patient communication
- Increase physician awareness of the impact of their actions
- Help physicians appreciate the scope of their responsibilities to patients and healthcare team members
Features:
- Case-based learning through situational analysis
- Real life scenarios drawn from the experiences of other healthcare institutions
- Targeted test feedback and supplemental materials reinforce learning principles in weak areas
This course is essential for:
- Loss Prevention for Self Insured Organizations
- Organizational Negotiation of Malpractice Premiums
- Licensure Requirements for Ethics & Risk Management CME
- ACGME General Competency Requirements
- The Joint Commission General Competency Requirements
Course Objectives:
Completion of these courses will improve general competencies in clinical practice. Participants will:
- Become aware of societal expectation for a physician’s professional conduct
- Understand when exposure to liability is present in their own clinical practice
- Recognize and prevent the factors that may cause a risk to materialize
- Respond appropriately to those clinical situations
- Evaluate the clinicolegal options available and compare their consequences
Continuing Education Credit
ELM Exchange, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
ELM courses have been planned and produced in
accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). These courses are designated for up to 1.75 hours of Category 1 CME credit.
Subject Matter Experts
Sal Fiscina, MD, JD, Course Director
Dr. Fiscina is a graduate of Harvard University, the
University of Rochester Medical School, and The George Washington University National Law Center. For more
than 30 years he has been a professorial lecturer in Legal Medicine and is currently on the adjunct faculty at
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Georgetown University Law Center. He has authored
several textbooks in law and medicine. Dr. Fiscina is a
former president of the American College of Legal
Medicine and former Chairperson of the American
Board of Legal Medicine.