BCM Hospital Medicine Conference: Updates & New Perspectives

Needs Statement

Hospitalists manage a wide spectrum of complex medical conditions, requiring ongoing education to stay updated with the latest evidence-based practices. Enhancing the knowledge, competence, and performance of healthcare professionals in hospital medicine is critical to improving patient care and health system outcomes. This activity is designed to address the challenges of diagnosing and managing common acute medical conditions, promote the adoption of new developments, and mitigate patient safety risks through evidence-based initiatives. Additionally, fostering professionalism, communication, and teamwork is essential to improving clinical efficiency, reducing errors, and supporting effective, ethical patient care.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:

• Apply evidence-based strategies in the management of fluid, electrolyte, and other metabolic abnormalities.
• Recognize the educational value of reviewing cases with both common and rare diagnoses.
• Apply practice improvement strategies in a professional and ethical manner.

Target Audience

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Physician
Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Ethics
The presentations, Optimizing Patient Experience: Professionalism in Practice, Designing & Implementing Quality Improvement Projects at Your Hospital: Ethical Considerations, "Treatment over Objection" - Applying a New Ethical Framework for Common Scenarios, has been designated by Baylor College of Medicine for 1.00 credit of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

Disclosure Policy

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME's validation of clinical content statements.

BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions. If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.