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Understanding Crisis Standards of Care


Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Average Rating:
   8
State Associations:
MAOPS - Missouri
Faculty:
David Tannehill, DO, FACOI, FACP |  Ashok Palagiri, MD |  Jennifer Heyl, Ph.D., HEC-C
Duration:
59 Minutes
Expiration:
Access till 06/30/2024 after purchase.


Description

This program will expire and must be completed by 06/30/24.

This presentation will show physicians and medical professionals how to appraise a disaster or pandemic situation.  They will explore and identify the ethical issues in trying to provide health care during a disaster or a pandemic like COVID-19.  They will show you how they formulated a sound plan to benefit the most patients when there are limited resources and therapies. 

Objectives:  

  • Appraise a disaster or pandemic situation
  • Identify the ethical issues in providing health care during a disaster or pandemic
  • Formulate an ethically sound plan for the utilization of limited therapies and resources to benefit the most patients

Accreditation Statements:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation.

The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsä.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planning Disclosure:
The MAOPS Education Planning Committee has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Grievance Policy:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance.  Initially, all grievances should be directed to MAOPS Executive Director,, who will then forward said grievance to the Education & Convention Committee.  All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt.  If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, then they can then submit a complaint in writing to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

 

 

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Faculty

David Tannehill, DO, FACOI, FACP's Profile

David Tannehill, DO, FACOI, FACP Related Seminars and Products


Dr. David Tannehill is currently the Clinical Director of Critical Care Medicine for Mercy Clinic in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a Past-President of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians &Surgeons and a Past-President and current member of the Missouri Board of Professional Registration for the Healing Arts. Dr. Tannehill is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Saint Louis University.

During his time at Mercy Clinic and Mercy Virtual, Dr. Tannehill has won multiple awards for teaching excellence. He was integral in developing Mercy's Sepsis Program. His leadership has helped the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts develop an approach to telemedicine and physician wellness that the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons has adopted. He is a 1998 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and a 2005 graduate of AT Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. Dr. Tannehill is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is also board certified in Neurocritical Care Medicine by the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties.

Dr. Tannehill discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Ashok Palagiri, MD's Profile

Ashok Palagiri, MD Related Seminars and Products


Dr. Ashok Palagiri is Vice President of Mercy Virtual Inpatient Services (vICU, vSepsis, and vHospitalist). He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is also board certified in Neurocritical Care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He has served in many capacities at Mercy, including Critical Care Fellowship education, peer review/quality improvement, sepsis care, and workflow/pathway optimization. He is currently a Co-Leader for the Mercy ministry-wide Sepsis Task Force and is a Critical Care Specialty Council member. 

Dr. Palagiri has been working with Mercy Virtual since the initial inception of Mercy SafeWatch in 2006. He became Assistant Medical Director of vICU in 2011, transitioning to Medical Director of vICU and vSepsis in 2015, and Medical Director of vHospitalist in 2019. 

Dr. Palagiri received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He attended Saint Louis University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2004. He completed a Critical Care fellowship at Mercy Hospital St. Louis, Missouri, in 2006 and has been working as an intensivist there and at Mercy Hospital - Washington since 2006. 

Dr. Palagiri and his team are constantly working with bedside providers to improve patient care while decreasing the burden of the bedside clinicians' work.

Dr. Palagiri discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Jennifer Heyl, Ph.D., HEC-C's Profile

Jennifer Heyl, Ph.D., HEC-C Related Seminars and Products


Dr. Jennifer Heyl is the Executive Director of Ethics at Mercy Health System based in Chesterfield, Missouri. She started at Mercy in 2002, and her key areas of responsibility have included ethics consultation, education, and policy review and development. Initially, this was for the Mercy East Communities. She now leads a team of seven ethicists across Mercy's four-state Health System. In all of these areas, Dr. Heyl focuses on identifying and training others to identify potential ethical issues early to prevent them from escalating to real ethical concerns. She taught in the St. Louis University Graduate Program in Health Care Ethics and undergraduate ethics, philosophy, and medical humanities at Presbyterian College, Georgetown College, and the University of Tennessee. Dr. Heyl holds a Doctorate of Philosophy with a medical ethics concentration from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dr. Heyl discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


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