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Diagnostic Excellence: Evaluation of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infections
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Board-certified ophthalmologists Christopher Rapuano, Ron Pelton, Wendy Smith, Meghan Berkenstock, and Tamara Fountain discuss diagnostic best practices for ophthalmic inflammation and infections through case vignettes. In this recorded webinar, speakers will present an unknown case and discuss the differential diagnosis and how the final diagnosis was made. The session includes an introduction by ABO Vice Chair Ann Acers-Warn, a summary by AAO CEO Stephen McLeod, and is moderated by ABO Board Director Robert Wiggins. |
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Putting Quality Improvement into Practice: A Peer-Learning Webinar Co-Sponsored by the ABO, AAO, & OMIC
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Growing consensus among healthcare leaders, policy makers, the public, and payers is that changes are needed to improve the quality of health care provided in the United States. In this recorded webinar, your board-certified peers, including Drs. Sara Bozorg, Roy Chuck, Sonny Goel, Bennie Jeng, Alan Kimura, Purnima Patel, Matthew Recko, and session moderator Robert Wiggins, will share practical ideas about how they have implemented quality improvement measures in their own practices with the goal of helping you do the same for yours. |
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Quarterly Questions® Improvement Articles
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Choose three journal articles from the Quarterly Questions reading list under the “Improvement in Medical Practice” category and answer two questions about each article to earn credit for one improvement activity per 10-year cycle. This activity will be marked as complete on your ABO Status Page based on your activity within the Quarterly Questions platform; no attestation is accepted. The Quarterly Questions journal article option may only be used once per cycle.
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American Academy of Ophthalmology Course List
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Several online CME activities offered by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) qualify for ABO Improvement in Medical Practice credit. If you are an Academy member, access to these activities is included in your annual membership dues. This option may be used to satisfy one or both improvement activity requirements.
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Stanford Unconscious Bias in Medicine CME Course
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This free, online CME activity provides education about unconscious bias in the academic medicine workplace and features research on unconscious bias, case studies with examples of unconscious bias, self-assessment opportunities, and the exploration of bias-busting strategies. Diplomates may access the Unconscious Bias in Medicine course and attest to completion of one improvement activity.
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🏆 Improvement Project Using AAO Preferred Practice Patterns®
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Choose any one of the AAO’s free Preferred Practice Pattern guidelines and track how implementation of the PPP has changed your daily practice. This activity may be used to satisfy one or both improvement activity requirements. Submission of your form is not required, but please retain it in the event of a future random ABO audit.
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🏆 Improvement Project for Pediatric Ophthalmologists (Amblyopia)
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The goal of this project, which was developed in collaboration with the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, is to improve outcomes for patients being treated for amblyopia. This activity may be used to satisfy one or both improvement activity requirements. Submission of your form is not required, but please retain it in the event of a future random ABO audit.
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🏆 Improvement Project (Self-Directed or Team-Based)
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Work alone or with a team using the form below to develop a project aimed at improving processes and/or outcomes in clinical practice. This activity may be used to satisfy one or both improvement activity requirements; each member of a team will need to attest to completion separately. Submission of your form is not required, but please retain it in the event of a future random ABO audit.
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American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Portfolio Program
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The ABMS Portfolio Program partners with large health care organizations to recognize the work physicians are already doing to improve their practice and the care of their patients. The ABO recommends diplomates choose organizational projects that relate to topics such as: medication errors and practice access issues; wrong site surgery/wrong choice surgery/inappropriate surgery; low vision-related safety issues; professionalism; or diagnostic errors. Participation is managed by a contact at your home institution. Please write to us if you believe you have completed this option through your institution but have not received credit. No attestation is accepted for this option.
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Medical Error Prevention and Root Cause Analysis (Florida Diplomates Only)
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The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) 1999 publication To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, illuminated the unfortunate reality of medical errors in the healthcare industry. The report reviewed the prevalence of medical errors in the United States and highlighted measures that should be taken to prevent them. Specifically, the authors of the report noted that at least 44,000 and perhaps as many as 98,000 Americans were dying in hospitals each year as a result of medical errors. A 2016 report stated that the average number of annual in-hospital deaths attributable to medical error might actually be much higher, at around 400,000. Certainly, these numbers must be balanced against the millions of admissions to hospitals in the United States, which is in excess of 35 million annually. Healthcare professionals should commit to continuing to pay attention to evaluating current approaches for reducing errors and to building new systems to reduce the incidence of medical errors. This online CME activity costs $15 to access from NetCE and fulfills the Florida requirement for 2 hours of education on the Prevention of Medical Errors. Diplomates may access the Medical Error Prevention course and attest to completion of one improvement activity.
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