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4/17/2025- Anesthesiology Grand Rounds -Gun Violence: A Public Health Problem

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify barriers to gun violence protective measures in the US
  • Identify major factors driving gun sales in the US
  • Describe what measures have been shown to be effective in reducing gun violence

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Suggested Additional Reading

  • Studdert DM, Zhang Y, Holsinger EE, Prince L, Holsinger AF, Rodden JA, Wintemute GJ, Miller M. Homicide Deaths Among Adult Cohabitants of Handgun Owners in California, 2004 to 2016 : A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Jun;175(6):804-811. doi: 10.7326/M21-3762. Epub 2022 Apr 5. PMID: 35377715.
  • Miller M, Zhang Y, Studdert DM, Swanson S. Updated Estimate of the Number of Extreme Risk Protection Orders Needed to Prevent 1 Suicide. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2414864. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.14864. PMID: 38865130; PMCID: PMC11170301.
  • Miller M, Zhang Y, Prince L, Swanson SA, Wintemute GJ, Holsinger EE, Studdert DM. Suicide Deaths Among Women in California Living With Handgun Owners vs Those Living With Other Adults in Handgun-Free Homes, 2004-2016. JAMA Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 1;79(6):582-588. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0793. PMID: 35476016; PMCID: PMC9047728.

Authors:
Dean L. Winslow, MD — Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine), by courtesy, of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.