Virtual Lecture Hall CME

Risk Management and the Art of Medicine will help you to:
• Identify physician behaviors that lead to malpractice lawsuits;
• Explain the four elements required to prove a claim of medical malpractice;
• Incorporate strategies you can use to reduce your malpractice risk; and
• Practice medicine in a way that is consistent with recognized ethical principles.

Meets Special CME Requirements in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Risk Management

The Human Side of Medical Errors will help you to:
• Deal with complex ethical issues that arise when caring for colleagues;
• Share bad news with patients or families compassionately and effectively;
• Participate in safe and efficient patient handoffs with other healthcare providers; and
• Recognize and respond appropriately to disruptive behavior that is endangering patient safety within the health care team.

Meets Special CME Requirements inConnecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Risk Management.

After completing the Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in AIDS, you should be better able to:
• Recognize that restoration of immunologic function in persons with HIV disease may lead to a worsening clinical picture, the immune reconstitution syndrome.
• Diagnose and manage occult opportunistic infections in persons with newly treated HIV disease.
• Treat CNS cryptococcal disease in persons with AIDS.

Meets Special CME Requirements in Connecticut and Florida.

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Infectious Diseases.

Using Systematic Procedures to Prevent Medical Errors will help you to:
• Use standardized procedures and checklists to reduce medical errors;
• Manage informed consent;
• Utilize rapid response teams; and
• Better approach communication difficulties.

Meets Special CME Requirements in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Medical Errors.

The Virtual Lecture Hall courses are designed to meet specific state CME mandates, but they also apply to all licensed physicians regardless of state of licensure.
Examinations are not required for CME credit.

Find the Virtual Lecture Hall courses in State alphabetical order:
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont.

Find the Virtual Lecture Hall courses in order by groups of required topics:
• Cultural Competence;
• Domestic Violence
• End of Life-Palliative Care;
• Ethics;
• HIV-AIDS;
• Infection Control;
• Infectious Diseases;
• Medical Errors;
• Modes of Transmission;
• Patient Communications;
• Patient Safety;
• Prescribing Practices;
• Professional Responsibility;
• Risk Management.

See the Virtual Lecture Hall courses arranged according to your State Requirements:

California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont.

Find the Virtual Lecture Hall courses in order by required groups of topics:
End of Life-Palliative Care; Ethics; HIV-AIDS; Infection Control; Infectious Diseases; Medical Errors; Modes of Transmission; Patient Communications; Patient Safety; Prescribing Practices; Professional Responsibility; and Risk Management.

Accident or Injury? Managing Abuse in Younger Children will help you: 
• Recognize and evaluate cases of suspected child physical abuse and child sexual abuse; 
• Document injuries appropriately; 
• Understand your responsibilities as a mandated reporter; 
• Recount the investigative processes involved in suspected child abuse cases; and 
• Collaborate effectively with child protective services (CPS) and law enforcement agencies.

This course meets Special CME Requirements in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. 

Target Audience: Child Psychiatrists