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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards.

Educational Objectives:

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

  • Identify and be able to explain errors of omission & errors of commission.
  • Define and identify Overuse.
  • Explain the term Over-Diagnosis and how it affects health care expenditures and patient care.

There is no educational content to this course. This course is designed to only administer the post-test and collect CME evaluations for the podcast associated with this training.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  1. Schroeder A, Harris S, Newman T. Safely Doing Less: A Missing Component of the Patient Safety Dialogue. Pediatrics. Nov 2011; 2011-2726.
  2. Porter ME. What is value in health care? N Engl J Med. 2010;363(26):2477–2481
  3. Prasad, V et al. Decade of Reversal: An Analysis of 146 Contradicted Medical Practices. Mayo Clin Proc. August 2013;88(8):790-798.
  4. Quinonez R, Garber M, Schroeder A et al. Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2013;8(9):479-485.
  5. Coon E, Quinonez R, Moyer V, Schroeder A. Overdiagnosis: How our Compulsion for Diagnosis May Be Harming Children. Pediatrics. 2014 Nov;134(5):1013-23
  6. Thomas DG, Apps JN, Hoffman RG, McCrea M, Hammeke T. Benefits of strict rest after acute concussion: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2015 Feb; 135(2):213-23.

Authors:
Ricardo A. Quinonez, MD, FAAP — Assistant Professor, Section Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Group
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.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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