CRICO develops innovative, data-driven CME activities to help physicians deliver the safest health care in the world. Visit the following pages to learn more about the variety of offerings we have for those clinicians seeking to learn about patient safety and risk management mitigation as well as earning risk management credits.

Webinars and Online Courses

Past Webinars: Watch Our Recorded Webinars Online

Missed a live webinar? We have captured these as enduring material for CME.

Know Your Risks Webinar Series

• Emergency Medicine: Physician | Non-Physician
• Nursing: Physician | Non-Physician
• Obstetrics: Physician | Non-Physician
• Surgery: Physician | Non-Physician

Mitigating Diagnostic Risk in Primary Care Webinar Series

• Colorectal Cancer: Physician | Non-Physician
• Lung Cancer: Physician | Non-Physician
• Reducing Medical Risk, Attorney’s Perspective: Physician | Non-Physician

Emerging Risk Webinar Series

• Neonatal Encephalopathy Task Force Recommendations: Physician | Non-Physician

Upcoming Live Webinars: Join the Discussion

CRICO offers live patient safety webinars in three series: Know Your Risks (specialty-specific advice) and Mitigating Diagnostic Risks in Primary Care as well as Emerging Risk.  

• There are no webinars available for registration at this time.

Live Education Programs

Open for Registration: Best Medical Practices, October 13, 7 a.m.–4:40 p.m.: one day program based on issues gleaned from current malpractice risks in primary care. The aim is to provide didactic opportunities for office-based primary care clinicians to:

• update their knowledge about screening for the four most common cancers
• learn about best processes to prevent a failure of or delay in diagnosis
• improve their skills in communicating with patients
• find strategies to mitigate their risk of being named in a malpractice case

CRICO/RMF designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity is designed to be suitable for 7.25 hours of Risk Management study in Massachusetts.

There is a $50 non-refundable fee for this course that includes materials, breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.

Many CRICO activities and events are designed to meet the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine’s requirement for risk management study.

Publications

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine has endorsed each complete issue of Insights or 30-minutes of podcast episodes as suitable for 0.5 hours of Risk Management Category 1 Study in Massachusetts. You should keep track of these credits the same way you track your Category 2 credits.

• Insight: Each issue of Insight explores a facet of patient safety: the medical malpractice experience—both personal and in aggregate data—and strategies for mitigating risk to both providers and patients.
• Podcasts: Combine for 30-minutes of continuous learning and download to your computer, read as a transcription, or access through iTunes.
• CME Bundles: Content from the approved publications, but in email-trackable, 30 minute packages. You are given an option to send yourself an email reminder of this content and serve as documentation for your CME credits. 
• Tests contain questions drawn from CRICO’s decision support tools. You must score at least 85% and complete the evaluation to receive the allotted AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ on these tests.
  • Breast Care Management Algorithm Test and Colorectal Cancer Decision Support Tests: get 17 of 20 answers correct and complete the evaluation to receive 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ .
  • Obstetrical Services Guidelines Test: get 43 of 50 answers correct and complete the evaluation to receive 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™.

Education Resources from the State of Massachusetts

• BORN (Board of Registration in Nursing)
• BORM (Board of Registration in Medicine)
• Medical Malpractice Tribunal
  Note: Unless the program is accredited for Category 1, it will be eligible only for Category 2 credit.

The Learners’ Hub

This high level page called the CME Learner’s Hub spotlights publications, events and resources for you to peruse.