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Hosts:

Matthew Watto, MD

Stuart Brigham, MD

Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA 

Guests:

Leonard Feldman, MD, FACP, SFHM

Anthony Breu, MD, FHM

SUMMARY

There is a strong need to educate practicing clinicians about low value practices that should be avoided. These episodes of the popular Curbsiders podcasts feature clinicians discussing “Things We Do For No Reason” and the lack of evidence for benefit. For more information on the podcast, visit thecurbsiders.com.

GOAL

Provide hospitalists with the ability to identify, stop, and raise awareness of low value practices.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This activity is designed for hospitalists. No prerequisites required.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After completing the episode and subsequent self-report evaluation, the participant will be able to:

1. Define high value care and low value care.  
2. Identify prevalent low value care (practices).
3. Review the evidence that debunks common low value care (practices) and why they should be avoided. 

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.

CREDIT STATEMENT DESIGNATION

The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Release Date: 08/15/2019  Expiration Date: 08/15/2020

Estimated time to complete: 1 hours 15 minutes

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE POLICY

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, SHM requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. SHM resolves all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All relevant financial relationships shall be disclosed to participants prior to the start of the activity.

Furthermore, SHM seeks to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing medical education (CME) activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. SHM is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities that promote improvements in healthcare and not those of a commercial interest.

INSTRUCTIONS

The following is an interactive educational module designed to help you gauge your basic knowledge of the topic and then direct you to areas you may need to focus on. It consists of several sections: a pre-test, a study program, a post-test, & CME evaluation. All sections must be completed to receive CME credit.