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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.

New WebM&M Spotlight Cases

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    • Fatal Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression
    Sarina Fazio, PhD, RN and Rachelle Firestone, PharmD, BCCCP| May 27, 2020
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    • A patient with multiple comorbidities and chronic pain was admitted for elective spinal decompression and fusion. The patient was placed on a postoperative patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for pain control and was later found unresponsive. The case illustrates risks associated with opioid administration through PCA, particularly among patients at high risk for postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression.
    Recurrent Hypoglycemia: A Care Transition Failure?
    Ted Eytan, MD, MS, MPH| October 1, 2008
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    • An elderly, non–English-speaking man with diabetes was admitted to the hospital twice in 8 days due to hypoglycemia. At discharge, the patient was instructed not to take any antidiabetic medications. In between hospitalizations, he saw his primary care physician, who restarted an antidiabetic medication.
    Do Not Disturb!
    F. Daniel Duffy, MD; Christine K. Cassel, MD| October 1, 2007
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    • Following surgery, a woman on a patient-controlled analgesia pump is found to be lethargic and incoherent, with a low respiratory rate. The nurse contacted the attending physician, who dismisses the patient's symptoms and chastises the nurse for the late call.
    An Ounce of Prevention
    Nils Kucher, MD| January 1, 2006
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    • Following reconstructive surgery to her hand, a woman suffers sudden cardiopulmonary arrest. After successful resuscitation, further review revealed that she had a pulmonary embolism and that she had received no venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    Missed Appendicitis
    James G. Adams, MD| June 1, 2003
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    • Abdominal pain misdiagnosed in an ED patient leads to ruptured appendix, multiple complications, and prolonged hospitalization.
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