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Credit Statements:

Physician Credit
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through joint sponsorship of the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Office of Continuing Education and COPIC.  CFMC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Colorado Foundation for Medical Care designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CFMC has no financial responsibility for this activity.

Nursing Credit
The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity provides 2 contact hours to be awarded.

COPIC ERS
This course is eligible for 1 COPIC ERS point.

Launch Date: May 1, 2010   
Termination Date: May 1, 2011

System Requirements:
Computer with Internet access and Web browser, Adobe Flash Player, a PDF Reader, and audio speakers.

Questions about the programming or systems issues?
Please contact Dorry Parker at CFMC via email at dparker@cfmc.org

ALAN LEMBITZ, MD
Vice President,
Risk Management
COPIC, Denver, Colorado

JEFF VARNELL, MD
Risk Manager
COPIC, Denver, Colorado

Goal/Purpose:
The goal of this activity is to educate physicians, PAs, APNs and other healthcare professionals on liability and risk issues when physicians and allied health professionals work collaboratively in patient care.  Case studies, based on actual situations from COPIC files, will illustrate the concerns of different specialists.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Define the regulatory differences in healthcare professionals
• Recognize case situations that lead to professional risk
• Assess actions that increase risk
• Describe specific steps to manage professional relationships and control risk

Speaker:
ALAN LEMBITZ, MD
Vice President, Risk Management
COPIC, Denver, Colorado

Financial Disclosures:
The planning team and faculty have nothing to disclose nor does anyone have a vested interest in this educational activity.

No commercial support was provided to fund this activity.