Lecture Series
"ACGME Core Competencies" is a series of educational presentations recorded at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and available for viewing on the Web. The series is designed for resident and attending physicians of Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Participation should take approximately 1 hour per presentation. To complete this activity and receive credit, the participant should:
- Read the session learning objectives
- View the presentation
- Complete the on-line evaluation form
- Please contact Mary Forshey 717-531-5768 with any questions.
(Resident/Fellow Evaluation) (Faculty Evaluation) (Pinnacle Health Resident/Fellow Evaluation)
Many of the sessions include topics in patient safety/risk management as required by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. These will be marked by the asterisk.
| Date | Lecture Title/Speaker | Lecture Flyer & Disclosure |
| (Expires 6/6/13) | Getting What You Want - ACR Approriate* (Lori Mankowski Gettle, M.D.) | Flyer |
| (Expires 5/2/14) | Hospital Quality Goals and Event Reporting* (Gregory Caputo, M.D.; Carol Freer, M.D.; Debra Verne) | Flyer |
| (Expires 4/4/14) | The Role of Physician in Reconginzing and Reporting Child Sexual Abuse* (Lucy Johnson-Walsh, J.D.) | Flyer |
| (Expires 3/7/14) | Social Media (Daniel George, M.Sc., Ph.D) | Flyer |
| (Expires 2/7/14) | Unconscious Bias (Dr. Harjit Singh and Deborah Davis) | Flyer |
| (Expires 1/3/14) | Prescribing Safely* (Glenn Geeting, M.D. and Lisa Wilhelm) | Flyer |
| (Expires 12/6/13) | Critical Thinking Impliactions for Patient Safety & Education* (Eileen Moser, M.D., Paul Haidet, M.D., M.P.H.) | |
| (Expires 11/1/13) | Management of Central Venous Access* (Frank Lynch, M.D.) | |
| (Expires 10/04/13) | Negotiating Employment Contracts and Healthcare Law Overview (Bruce Armon, Esq) | Flyer |
| (Expires 09/06/13) | End of Life Communication* (Susan Glod, M.D.) | |
| (Expires 08/02/2013) | Sleep Deprivation* (Lawrence Kass, M.D.) | |
| (Expires 06/07/12) | Communicating with Patients to Improve Outcomes* (Glenn Geeting, M.D., Paul Haidet, M.D., M.P.H.) | Flyer Disclosure |
The following lectures are no longer eligible for CME Credit.
2012
- May 3, 2012: Lecture Cancelled
- April 5, 2012: Laboratory Utilization and Test Interpretation (Michael Creer, M.D.)
- March 1, 2012: Medical Legal Principles (Victor Cotton, M.D., Esquire)
- February 2, 2012: Patient Safety (Sherry Kwater, MSM, BSN)
- January 5, 2012: Act 73: A New and Safe Sleep Position Law (Dr. Jennifer Miller)
2011
- December 1, 2011: Child Abuse: PA Law and Reporting Requirements (Dr. Andrea Taroli)
- November 3, 2011: Negotiating Employment Contracts and Healthcare Law Overview (Bruce Armon, Esq.)
- October 6, 2011: Autopsy and Decedent Care (Dr. Jennifer Baccon and Daniel Kelly)
- September 1, 2011: DVT PHROPHYLAXIS: HMC PROTOCOL (Dr. Michael Beck)
- August 4, 2011: The Core Competency of Compassion (Dr Margaret Kreher & Dr. Ted Bollard)
- June 2, 2011: Making the Most of Patient Handoffs
- May 5, 2011: Sleep Deprivation
- April 7, 2011: Physician Wellness
- March 3, 2011: Prescription Medication Addictions
- February 3, 2011: Assumptions and Cultural Diversity
- January 6, 2011: Glycemic Control (Drs Fan and Pichardo-Lowden)
2010
- December 2, 2010: TIme Management (Dr. Susan Johnson)
- November 4, 2010: Informed Consent (Dr. Michael Weitekamp, Deb Verne)
- October 7, 2010: Negotiating Employment Contracts and Healthcare Law Overview (Bruce Armon, Esq)
- September 2, 2010: Social Medical in Medicine: Danger and Opportunity (Danny George, Ph.D)
- August 5, 2010: Stress Reduction (Dr. Ted Bollard)
- June 3, 2010: Sleep Deprivation (Dr. Alexandros Vgontzas)
- May 6, 2010: Cultural Competency (Dr. Paul Haidet)
- April 1, 2010: Risk Management & Patient Safety (Dr. Michael Weitekamp & Debra Verne)
- March 4, 2010: Residents as Teachers (Drs. Kelly Leite & Ted Bollard)
- Febuary 4, 2010: What Every Clinician Needs to Know About Performance Improvement* (Dr. John Meliones)
- January 7, 2010: Lab Testing & Utilization* (Drs. Nifong and Bongiovanni)
2009
- December 3, 2009: First Four Minutes of Cardiac Arrest (John Field, M.D.)
- November 5, 2009 : Professionalism, Gifts, and Relationships (Benjamin Levi, MD and Michael Green, MD)
- October 1, 2009 : Negotiating Employment Contracts and Healthcare Law Overview (Bruce Armon, Esq)
- September 3, 2009 : Education Debt Management for Residents (Julie Fresne, AAMC)
- August 6, 2009 : Medication Reconciliation* (Barbara Hoffmann, MD; Lisa Wilhelm)
- June 4, 2009: Improving Prescribing Accuracy*(John Showalter, MD & Lisa Wilhelm)
- May 7, 2009: Clinical Coaching (Jeff Weise, MD)
- April 2, 2009: Restraint Reduction & Patient Safety*(Barbara Hoffman, MD & Mark Rapp, MD)
- March 5, 2009: Anticoagulation (Sallie Young, Pharm. D; Michael Beck, MD)
- February 5,2009: Falls (Greg Caputo, MD; Michael Weitekamp, MD; Deb Verne)
- January 8, 2009: Organ Donation: Communication with Families (Sandralee Blosser, MD; Kelly Eshelman; Milind Kothari, MD)
2008
- December 4, 2008: Suffering (Kimberly Myers, M.A., Ph.D)
- November 6, 2008: Negotiating Employment Contracts and Healthcare Law Overview (Bruce Armon, Esq )
- October 2, 2008: Feedback in Medical Education (Richard Simons, MD; Maryellen Gusic, MD)
- Sept. 4, 2008: The Shaping of Professionalism and Organized Medicine (Peter Lund, MD)
- August 7, 2008: Residents As Teachers (Ted Bollard, MD; Kelly Leite, DO)
- June 5, 2008: Patient Safety (Michael Weitekamp, MD; Debra Verne, Risk Mgt)
- April 3, 2008: Adverse Reactions to Blood Transfusion (Peter Milward, MD)
March 6, 2008: Get on the Path - Clinical Documentation Improvement (Noel Ballentine MD; Patricia Swetland)
February 7, 2008: Medication Reconciliation (Chris DeFlitch MD; Lisa Wilhelm, Pharmacy) - January 3, 2008: Responding to Financial Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine: Research, Education, and Practice (David Korn, M.D.; AAMC)
2007
- December 6, 2007: Healthcare Among the Amish (Donald Kraybill, Ph.D.)
- November 1, 2007: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: Central Line Infections (Kathleen Julian, M.D.; Gregory Caputo, M.D.)
- October 4, 2007: Drug companies, doctors, and gifts: Why does it matter? (Michael Green, M.D.; Benjamin Levi, M.D.)
- September 6, 2007: Negotiating Employment Contracts and Health Law Overview (Bruce Armon, Esq., Saul Ewing, LLP)
- August 2, 2007*: Contrast Safety* (Dr. Thomas Dykes, Department of Radiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- June 7, 2007: Dealing with the Difficult and Upset Patient (Janice Mills, Human Resources, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- May 3, 2007 - no lecture
- April 5, 2007: Pennsylvania Medical Society: Key to Medicine's Future (Roger Mecum, CEO, Pennsylvania Medical Society)
- March 1, 2007: Decedent Care (Ashraf Abou-Elella, MD, Department of Pathology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- February 1, 2007: Patient Safety III (Michael Weitekamp, MD; Chief Medical Officer, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- January 4, 2007: How to Give a Presentation (Michael Green, MD, MS, FACP: Department of Humanities, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
2006
- December 7, 2006: Sleep Loss, Sleepiness, Fatigue and Resident Work Hours (Alexander Vgontzas, M.D.; Department of Psychiatry, Penn State Hershey Medical Center) Evaluation
- November 2, 2006: Medical Education for a Changing World – Integrating Cultural Competence in our Practice (Deborah Davis, DSW, Manager, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Employment Equity, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- October 5, 2006: Disclosure of Unanticipated Outcomes and Medical Errors (Patrice Weiss, M.D., Medical Director Risk Management, Lehigh Valley Hospital)
- September 7, 2006: Negotiating Employment Contracts and Health Law Overview (Bruce Armon, Esq., Saul Ewing, LLP)
- August 3, 2006: What Mark Twain Would Tell Us About Medicine, {If he were here today} (K. Patrick Ober, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
- July 6, 2006: Conflicts of Interest in Educational Activities (Luanne Thorndyke, M.D., Associate Dean for Professional Development, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- May 4, 2006: The Medical Marriage (Errol Aksu, M.D. Department of Psychiatry)
- April 6, 2006:Medical Politics (Virginia Hall, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- March 2, 2006: Care Delivery Teams: Clinical Microsystems in Action (Steve Mancuso, BSN, Administrator, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- February 2, 2006: Reconciliation of Medications (Ali Bahadori, M.D., Lisa Wilhelm R.Ph)
- January 5, 2006: Outcomes Assessment and Resident Education (Robert Harbaugh, M.D., Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
2005
- December 1, 2005: Patient Safety III (Lynda Martin, Quality Services, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- November 10, 2005:Residents as Teachers (Ralph Jozefowicz, M.D., Associate Chair for Education, University of Rochester School of Medicine)
- October 13, 2005: Dying: Then and Now (Joseph Ballard, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
- September 1, 2005: Healthcare from an Employer Perspective;
Mr. Scott Newkam; Ms. Marcella Arline - August 4, 2005:Physician Impairment;
Thomas Hobbs, M.D. - July 7, 2005:Systems Theory;
James Herman, M.D.; Alan Adelman, M.D. - June 2, 2005:The PA State Board of Medicine: Myths and Realities;
Daniel Kimball, M.D., Program Director, Internal Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital - May 5, 2005:Someone To Watch Over Me;
Richard Simons, M.D.; Michael Weitekamp, M.D. - April 7, 2005:Professionalism in Medicine: Translating Theory into Practice;
Wiley ;Chip; Souba, M.D., Chair, Department of Surgery - March 3, 2005:Informed; Consent for Clinical Research;
Kevin Gleeson, M.D. - February 3, 2005:Disparities in Health and Healthcare;
Marianne Hillemeier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - January 6, 2005:Healthcare Economics;
Kevin Haley, Interim Chief Financial Officer, PSHMC
2004
- December 2, 2004: "Ethics: Informed Consent and Autonomy"
- Dr. Michael Green, Humanities and Dr. Benjamin Levi, Pediatrics
- November 4, 2004: "Truth-telling and Mistakes"
- Dr. Michael Green, Humanities, Dr. Benjamin Levi, Pediatrics and Dr. Dennis Gingrich, Family Medicine
- October 14, 2004: "Patient Safety II"
- Debra Verne, Director, Risk Management
- September 2, 2004: "Patient Safety I and Medication Errors"
- Dr. Richard Simons; Dr. Chris DeFlitch, Department of Emergency Medicine
- August 5, 2004: "Malpractice"
- Grant Fleming, Senior Partner, McQuaide Blasko
- July 8, 2004: "Systems-Based Practice at Penn State Hershey Medical Center"
- Dr. Michael Weitekamp, Chief Medical Officer
- June 3, 2004: "Health Insurance/Systems-Based Practice"
- Dr. Brent O'Connell, Highmark Blue Shield
- April 1, 2004: "Sleep Deprivation - Physician Heal Thyself"
- Dr. Lee Segal, Department of Orthopaedics
Computer Hardware/Software Requirements
- High-speed internet connection
- PC with Windows operating system (Win 95, 98, ME, 2000, or XP)
- Macintosh with OS X operating system
- Internet Explorer (version 5.0 or newer) or Safari Web browser (Macintosh)
- Windows Media Player
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