Location

Please check the individual session for location or broadcast availability.  

Frequency

Monthly

Series Director

John Morelli, MD

Target Audience and Needs

Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, laboratory technicians, and other healthcare providers involved in the acute care of patients need to receive regular updates on disease-specific clinical best practices.  The series aims to expand clinical knowledge and foster greater collaboration across medical specialties.  The series will also identify gaps in patient care to target for quality-improvement initiatives and for optimization of treatment outcomes.

Educational Methods

Educational methods will include lectures, case presentations, literature review, and panel discussion.

Objectives

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

• Apply established and evolving clinical practices to patient care and demonstrate knowledge of the evidence that supports those practices.
• Recognize the importance of a multidisciplinary team for optimizing treatment, ensuring efficiency, reducing healthcare costs, promoting patient safety, and improving treatment outcomes.
• Develop transition-of-care models for multiple medical conditions across multiple cadres of patients.
• Engage in quality-improvement initiatives to maximize acute care.

Evaluation

Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.

Accreditation/Credit Designation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Baylor College of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health. Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the 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