Provided by the UConn School of Medicine and Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education
Purpose: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education, is now offering a NEW centralized Case Committee CME to our UConn licensed physician faculty/clinicians, affiliated UConn licensed physician faculty/clinicians, APRN’s, and other invitees or learners who actively participates and attend as a member any of our approved departments case conference as listed below who’s meetings are held as “live” sessions. The CME office values the uniqueness of the Case Committee as a learning process in which it addresses the educational content differently than our other more common traditional CME learning activity types, along with the understanding that each member of the Case Committee is indeed an active learner.
Target Audience: UConn Health Department Case/MM committee members, invitees and/or other learners who are Licensed Physician Faculty/Clinicians, or affiliated UConn Health Licensed Physician Faculty/Clinicians, UConn Health residents, fellows, and students.
Program Duration: July 1, 2024, thru June 30, 2027
Learning Objectives: Participants Will (Be Able to):
- Identify ways to manage complications that occur during patient care.
- Recognize treat plans for uncommon or unusual diseases and disorders.
- Identify uncommon presentations of common diseases/disorders.
Participating Departments & Centers:
*Please reach out to the respective department or center administrative contact for dates/times.
- Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center/Bone Marrow Transplant
Faculty Contact: Kapil Meleveedu, M.D.
Administrative Contact: Meg Savage, RN - Department of Nephrology
Faculty Contact: Srimathi Manickaratnam, M.D.
Administrative Contact: Brenda Kawecki - Department of Neurosurgery
Faculty Contact: Ketan Bulsara, M.D.
Administrative Contact: Dina Patel - Department of Otolaryngology
Faculty Contact: Kevin Kovatch, M.D.
Administrative Contact: Kate Bailey - Department of Plasma Cell
Faculty Contact: Swarup Kumar, M.D., Andrea Moran, APRN
Administrative Contact: Meg Savage, RN - Department of Vascular
Faculty Contact: Mina Boutrous, M.D., Laura Grillo, PA-C
Administrative Contact: Melissa Costa - Department of Radiology
Faculty Contact: Jill Wruble, D.O., Michael Baldwin, M.D.
Administrative Contact: Mark Pandolfe
CME Evaluation Link: https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fpStA9e5bTCY86
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _1.0_ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Activity Directors, Planners, & Case Facilitator Disclosure Statement: Neither the activity directors, the activity administrator, planners, nor the case facilitators for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.
This CME activity will not be discussing the use of any off-labeled products or investigational use of any product or device.
Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
Confidentiality: We are committed to protecting your privacy. The information that we collect is for the purpose of awarding CME credits and to evaluate each activity and the educational series as a whole. Other than through the evaluation form, no information is being gathered about people who choose to participate in this program. This is a Case Conference Committee/Morbidity and Mortality document and is confidential in accordance with Section 19a-17b of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Questions: For questions or further information regarding CME for Case Conference sessions, please contact the CME office at cme@uchc.edu.