Purpose: Audio-Digest Foundation CME/CE activities are designed to provide its learners – physicians and other healthcare professionals – with continuing education that will help identify clinical problems in their practice settings, provide content to help to solve those problems, and increase their application of knowledge to practice.
Audio-Digest Internal Medicine is specifically designed to provide the participant with state-of-the-art information on, including, but not limited to, the diagnosis and management of:
Gastroenterology
Hematology and medical oncology
Rheumatology
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Endocrinology
Infectious disease
Nephrology and hypertension
Cardiology
Geriatric medicine
The goal of this program is to improve the quality of patient care and reduce the risk that physicians will be liable for malpractice suits. After hearing and assimilating this program, the participant will be better able to:
1: Describe physician behaviors, practices, and attitudes that optimize patient care and minimize the risk of being sued.
2: Recognize the link between patients’ anger, complaints, and the risk of being sued.
3: Practice standards of medicine that reduce the chances of patients’ having a bad outcome, becoming angry, and initiating a lawsuit against the physician.
4: Document procedures and interactions with patients and hospital staff to protect against future legal actions.
5: Respond to patients’ concerns about drug side effects and explain the physician’s and patient’s roles and responsibilities in making decisions about medication and care.