The Empathy Effect: The Secret Sauce in Medicine

June 22, 2022

Purpose

Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity which serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession.

Target Audience

Physicians, Advance Practice Professionals, Nurses, Ancillary Staff, Medical Students (Rotating), Non-Medical Students (Rotating), and Healthcare Administrators.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss empathy and its effects.
  • Describe the need for empathy in the practice of medicine.
  • Discuss a toolkit for connecting and showing empathy.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AOA Category 1­B
Course opens: 
06/22/2022
Course expires: 
06/22/2022
Event starts: 
06/22/2022 - 12:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
06/22/2022 - 1:00pm CDT
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Dennis Boyle, MD
Physician Risk Manager, COPIC Insurance
Professor Emeritus, Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Biography

  • Medical School: MD, Temple University School of Medicine (1975)
  • Residency: University of Chicago/University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program, Internal Medicine (1978)
  • Fellowship: University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Rheumatology (1981)
  • Specialty: Rheumatology, Board Certification (1982)
  • Conditions & Treatments: Bones, Joints and Muscles - Arthritis

Accreditation Statements

  • DO: Des Moines University (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-B credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS

No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.

DISCLOSURES

The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals or medical procedures and devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Determination of educational content and the selection of speakers is the responsibility of the activity director. 

Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Dennis Boyle, MD - Speaker

CME Committee

  • No member of the Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee who planned this activity has any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content. 

This program is supported by gifts to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation from Mary Greeley Medical Center, McFarland Clinic, Availa Bank, and Green Hills Health Care Center. The content and selection of speaker(s) is the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee and not the sponsors of this program.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided at this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The content of each presentation does not necessarily reflect the views of Des Moines University.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AOA Category 1­B

Price

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