CMPA: Practically Speaking

CMPA: Practically Speaking

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Disclosing patient safety incidents

Disclosure of patient safety incidents to patients or caregivers is a legal, ethical and professional obligation for physicians. Appropriate disclosure conversations facilitate dialogue during the incident management process and reinforces patient-physician trust. In this month’s ...  Show more

Leveraging Patient Decision Aids To Ensure Shared Decision Making

Decision support tools are designed to ease shared decision-making and patient involvement on health care decisions. When patients actively participate in decision-making and understand what is required of them, they are more likely to follow through. To establish an efficient sh ...  Show more

Ensuring a safe return environment for patients

When considering medical clearance for participation after injuries, there are numerous components to take into consideration to ensure physicians act within the standard of care, and that they keep patients’ best interest in mind. In this month’s episode, Steven and Yolanda disc ...  Show more

Reducing diagnostic errors in the OR

Related CMPA Perspective article:Can intraoperative decisions be diagnostic errors? https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/can-intraoperative-decisions-be-diagnostic-errors