Lessons Learned From Twenty Years as an Expert Witness in PHM Malpractice Cases - On Demand 2025
From the witness stand to the bedside, this on-demand course distills hard-won insights for pediatric hospitalists. Learn where shortcuts invite claims, implement practical safeguards, and improve real-time documentation without bloat. Detect retrospective bias in reviews, critique your own cases, and remain vigilant while avoiding overtesting, overtreating, and over-referring, so care strengthens and, if you wish, you can start serving as an expert.
Availability
On-Demand
Expires on May 06, 2028
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Implement strategies to reduce likelihood of being named in a malpractice suit.
  2. Efficiently improve rigor of real time documentation of common PHM clinical encounters.
  3. Detect retrospective bias in opinions provided by expert witness review.
Faculty
  • Jack Percelay
    • Dr. Percelay reports working as an advisor for Gilead.
Faculty Disclosures (PDF)

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

 
Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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