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What is PSNet Continuing Education?

PSNet Continuing Education offerings include WebM&M Spotlight Cases and Commentaries, which are certified for Continuing Medical Education/ Continuing Education Units (CME/CEU) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit through the University of California, Davis (UCD) Health Office of Continuing Medical Education. 
 

Each WebM&M Spotlight Case and Commentary is certified for the AMA PRA Category 1™ and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) through the American Board of Internal Medicine by the Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) at UCD, Health. 
 

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How does it work?

Earn CME or MOC credit and trainee certification by successfully completing quizzes based on Cases & Commentaries. 

  • Individuals have two attempts at each quiz to achieve a passing score of 80% or higher in order to earn credit.
  • If you fail a quiz twice, the quiz will become unavailable, but the Spotlight case will be available as read-only.
  • Spotlight Cases older than three years continue to be available as read-only, but their associated quizzes have been disabled.
  • If you have questions specifically regarding University of California San Francisco (UCSF) CME/CEU, including registration, accreditation, or content, please email us at info@ocme.ucsf.edu.

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    • Diagnosing Diagnostic Mistakes
    Robert McNutt, MD; Richard Abrams, MD; Scott Hasler, MD| May 1, 2005
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    • Using past WebM&M cases, the authors discuss the challenges inherent in classifying diagnostic mistakes as medical errors.
    Compare and Contrast
    Kerry C. Cho, MD; Glenn M. Chertow, MD, MPH| April 1, 2005
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    • A patient with presumed small bowel obstruction undergoes a contrast-enhanced CT scan. She develops contrast nephropathy requiring dialysis.
    Hidden Mystery
    Douglas D. Brunette, MD| March 1, 2005
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    • The challenges of examining and imaging a hospitalized morbidly obese patient delay diagnosis, threatening the patient's life.
    Discharge Fumbles
    Alan Forster, MD, MSc| December 1, 2004
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    • A patient arrives at the ED in acute kidney failure; another patient arrives at the ED profoundly hypoglycemic. Both mishaps were determined to stem from medication errors at the time of discharge.
    Thin Air
    David M. Gaba, MD | October 1, 2004
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    • A dyspneic patient fails to improve after being placed on high-flow oxygen. The respiratory therapist soon discovers why: the patient is mistakenly receiving compressed room air.
    Poor Prognosis
    Elizabeth B. Lamont, MD, MS| September 1, 2004
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    • Following hernia repair surgery, an elderly woman is incidentally found to have a mass in her neck. Expecting the worst, the treating physician recommends palliative care and withdrawal of mechanical ventilation, before biopsy results are in.
    Novel Drug Misuse
    Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH; Eric B. Milbrandt, MD, MPH| July 1, 2004
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    • Following a motor vehicle collision, a patient is mistakenly given drotrecogin alfa (activated) for organ failure not due to sepsis.
    The Wrong Shot: Error Disclosure
    Thomas H. Gallagher, MD; Wendy Levinson, MD| June 1, 2004
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    • A child is mistakenly vaccinated for hepatitis A, rather than B. Despite forthright disclosure and no evident harm to the child, the father becomes incredibly angry at the providers.
    Too Tight Control
    Haya R. Rubin, MD, PhD; Vera T. Fajtova, MD| May 1, 2004
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    • To achieve tight glucose control, a hospitalized diabetes patient is placed on an insulin drip. Prior to minor surgery, he is made NPO and becomes severely hypoglycemic.
    Crossing the Line
    Jeremy P. Feldman, MD; Michael K. Gould, MD, MS | March 1, 2004
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    • A central line placed incorrectly causes a patient to suffer permanent neurologic damage.
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