Location

Please check the individual session for location or broadcast availability.  

Frequency

Monthly

Series Director

Target Audience and Needs

Faculty, fellows, residents, and other healthcare professionals and trainees in pediatric emergency medicine need to receive regular updates on recent advances in the emergency care of children.  Complex cases will be used as an impetus for discussion, particularly with regard to morbidity and mortality.  The series aims to expand the knowledge of learners, promote the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in clinical practice, enhance the quality of pediatric emergency care, and improve patient outcomes.

Educational Methods

Educational methods will include lectures and case presentations.

Objectives

At the conclusion of the sessions, the participants should be able to:

• Identify cognitive biases in physicians that affect clinical decision-making and can lead to adverse outcomes.
• Determine where an error in clinical decision-making may have occurred in different clinical scenarios.
• Recognize steps in clinical processes that may contribute to errors in physician decision-making.
• Formulate and implement strategies to reduce physician errors in the emergency department.

Evaluation

Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Series Coordinator