CME Upcoming webinars will cover implicit bias in patient care and retiring from private practice Learn more about cultural competency and understand the strategies that can foster a successful retirement. June 30, 2021Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The American Osteopathic Information Association will present webinars in July on addressing implicit bias in patient care and strategies for a successful retirement from private practice. The details for each webinar are below. Topic: Winding down your practice: Strategies for a successful retirement Date and time: July 14, 7 p.m. CT CME: Earn category 2A credit Cost: $40 for AOA members/$65 for nonmembers Details: This webinar will teach creative strategies to help physicians in private practice bring in an associate, sell a practice, or close a practice. It will include the latest information on valuation methodology for selling, divorce, and estate planning. Register for this webinar here. Topic: Cultural competency: Guard against implicit bias in patient care Date and time: July 21, 7 p.m. CT CME: Earn category 2A credit Cost: $40 for AOA members/$65 for nonmembers Details: This webinar will discuss implicit biases, unconscious attitudes and stereotypes, and the negative impact these can have on health care. It will provide strategies to protect against implicit biases that can affect how one patient is treated over another. Negative patient outcomes can result in professional negligence allegations and liability. Register for this webinar here. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleHospitals and corporate entities now own nearly half of physician practices, according to analysis Next articleAdvocacy to improve access to training opportunities for DO students
TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana.
“Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.