The Center for Medical Education

Since 2007, the Monthly Podcast Designed to Keep Emergency Clinicians Out of the Courtroom!

Less expensive than a lawyer, a lot better than sitting on the stand, and much more entertaining. The most effective way to avoid the angst of dealing with the legal process challenging your care. Get your monthly dose of high-yield information to reduce the risk of making mistakes that can come back to bite you.

Join Rick Bukata, MD and Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD as they provide listeners with a no-holds-barred monthly podcast consisting of critical reviews of closed claims, discussions about common clinical mistakes, tips for safe charting, reviews of important articles, periodic interviews with risk management authorities, answer listeners' questions, and more.

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It Takes More Than Being a Good Emergency Clinician to Avoid Being Sued.

Here's What You'll Receive as a Subscriber:

Integrates Clinical Medicine and
Risk Management Principles

Focuses on Evidence-Based,
Defendable Care

Makes Specific
Recommendations to
Avoid Claims

Focuses on Actual
Closed Claim Cases

Interviews With Risk
Management Authorities

Provides Key Documentation
Concepts

Reviews Major Articles Related
to EM Risk Management

Listeners' Questions &
Comments

Plus, You'll Also Get:

Access to Over 200 Prior Issues

A Searchable Summary With Each Issue

Up to 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Annually

W. Richard Bukata, MD

Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD

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No commercial support was obtained for this program.

CME Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Center for Emergency Medical Education and The Center for Medical Education, Inc.

The Center for Emergency Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Center for Emergency Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per year (2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per month). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Target Audience

This activity is targeted at physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and other providers of emergency and urgent care.

Learning Objectives

After completing the monthly issues of Risk Management Monthly / Emergency Medicine, participants will be able to:

Identify the elements of ED care that are associated with increased malpractice risk, including specific illnesses and injuries, and patient-provider interactions.
Discuss methods of ameliorating the aforementioned medicolegal risks
Define the elements of closed emergency medicine malpractice claims.
Implement personal and departmental practices designed to reduce malpractice risk in the emergency department and improve overall patient outcomes.

Disclosures

Dr. Bukata has stated that he has no relevant financial conflicts of interest to disclose.

Dr. Klauer has stated that he has no relevant financial conflicts of interest to disclose.