Total Credits: 1 including 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 1 AOBIM Specialty Credit(s)
This program will expire and must be completed by 09/30/27.
*** Please note this program was a part of the VOC 2024. You will not want to choose this program if you completed this individual program as part of the VOC 2024. ***
This presentation will review rapid response teams. The presenter will review the guidelines, conditions, and situations in which rapid response teams have proven successful.
Objectives:
1) Learners will identify the limitations of the RRT systems used in most hospitals in the United States.
2) Learners will recognize how they can improve the RRT systems currently in place in their own hospital.
3) Learners will weigh the impact of RRT’s on their training programs and on the competence of future hospitalists.
4) Learners will be empowered to address with their hospital system administrator the flaws in their current RRT systems and work towards RRT systems that will improve their patient outcomes.
Accreditation Statement:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A CME Credit(s) and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Planning Disclosure:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Education Planning Committee has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.
Grievance Policy:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance. Initially, all grievances should be directed to the MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Education & Convention Committee. All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, then they can then submit a complaint in writing to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
| Dr. Shaffer Handout/Slides (3.44 MB) | 64 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Dr. Joan Shaffer is a Critical Care Specialist at Mercy Hospital Washington in Washington, Missouri and at Mercy Clinic Adult Critical Care in St. Louis, Missouri. She has over 40 years of experience in the medical field. She is also the Chairman of Graduate Medical Education at Mercy St. Louis, the Medical Director of Mercy Anheuser Busch Clinical Training Center Simulation, and the Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Louis College of Health Careers in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Northeastern Ohio University – College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio, in 1983. Dr. Shaffer completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. She then completed fellowship training in Critical Care through St. Louis University at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Shaffer is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Shaffer received the Charles E. Thoele Award for Physician Excellence in 2020. She also received the Family Medicine Residency Teacher of the Year Award in 1997 and 2000. Dr. Shaffer is involved with several medical associations and chairs several committees.
Dr. Shaffer discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients relative to the content of this presentation.
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