Activity ID
2925Expires
May 19, 2027Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$150CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Surgical residents do not always call the attending physician about critical patient events, believing that it is not necessary or that the call will not be welcome. Failure to call for help is associated with failure to rescue, adverse events and claims of medical malpractice. This monograph will review the results of recent studies and multidisciplinary initiatives in a search for lessons in improving surgical communications.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Thoracic Surgery
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
• Define “escalation of care” and “failure to rescue” in surgery
• Describe findings about “escalation of care” and “failure to rescue” from recent studies in the medical literature
• Describe a hospital initiative to improve communication between surgical residents and attendings
• Design and implement an initiative at your institution to measure and improve surgical communications that will improve escalation of care and patient safety
Keywords
Failure to Rescue, critical events, surgical complications
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
