Activity Description & Target Audience
The Physician Retraining and Reentry program is a comprehensive educational platform created by UC San Diego School of Medicine Faculty which enables licensed medical/surgical specialist physicians to reenter practice on a part time or full time basis in adult general practice outpatient clinics. It is also being considered as a means for recently established specialist physicians to expand their patient profile by including general practice.
The curriculum is composed of 15 distinct online courses and corresponding exams. After completing all fifteen web-based courses and supplemental reading, a final exam is given online.
Method of Participation
The estimated time to complete the Physician Retraining and Reentry curriculum is 180 hours. To obtain credit, participants should register for the course, complete all coursework and supplemental reading, pass all required assessments and submit a course evaluation. Participants must complete the curriculum within 1 year of registration.
Objectives
Upon completion of the Physician Retraining and Reentry program, participants should be able to:
1. Describe the features of medical illness that are common to outpatient adult primary care.
2. Apply the knowledge of primary care medical issues to patient care.
3. Confirm the acquisition of knowledge of primary care issue through multiple choice questions.
4. Apply the skills of medical history taking and physical exam during a standardized patient assessment.
Statement of Need
There is a National shortage of primary care physicians with the enactment of the Affordable Care Act and in considering the needs of an aging population. Physicians who have retired, left practice in good standing or want to retrain in a primary care specialty need a place to go for education. The Physician Retraining and Reentry program provides the knowledge and tests knowledge and practical skills of physicians wanting to retrain and reenter the workforce in a primary care setting.
Accreditation
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
AMA: The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 180 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Expiration Date: January 8, 2015
Course Director
David Bazzo, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Faculty
Suraj Arthur Achar, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Patricia Brady, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Lori Brown, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Lynette Cederquist, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Julie Chuan, MD
Melanie R. Fiorella, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Suriti Kundu, MD
Chad Osborne, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Robert Peters, MD
Alan Shahtaji, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine
Balance and Objectivity of Content
It is the policy of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. All persons involved in the selection, development and presentation of content are required to disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest. All conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners through one of the following mechanisms 1) altering the financial relationship with the commercial interest, 2) altering the individual’s control over CME content about the products or services of the commercial interest, and/or 3) validating the activity content through independent peer review. All persons are also required to disclose any discussions of off label/unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the CME activity. Participants will be asked to evaluate whether the speaker’s outside interests reflect a possible bias in the planning or presentation of the activity. This information is used to plan future activities.
Disclosure
The following faculty indicated that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to the content of this activity:
Suraj Achar, MD
David Bazzo, MD
Patricia Brady, MD
Lori Brown, MD, FACP
Lynette Cederquist, MD
Julie Chuan, MD
Melanie Fiorella, MD
Suriti Kundu, MD
William Norcross, MD
Chad Osborne, MD
Robert Peters, MD
Alan Shahtaji, DO
The CME staff, project staff, editorial staff, planning committee, and CME committee reviewers do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Off-label Disclosure: This educational activity may contain discussion of unlabeled and/or investigational uses of agents that are not approved by the FDA. Please consult the prescribing information for each product.
The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of California, San Diego.
Cultural Competency
This activity is in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires CME courses with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competencies. Cultural competency is defined as a set of integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enables health care professionals or organizations to care effectively for patients from diverse cultures, groups, and communities. Linguistic competency is defined as the ability of a physician or surgeon to provide patients who do not speak English or who have limited ability to speak English, direct communication in the patient’s primary language. Cultural and Linguistic Competency was incorporated into the planning of this activity. Additional resources on cultural and linguistic competency and information about AB1195 can be found on the UC San Diego CME website at http://cme.ucsd.edu