Physician Wellness Series: Peer Support

Description

This webinar will provide information for physicians seeking employment for the first time or considering changing employment. Faculty will discuss employment contracts and how to avoid possible pitfalls. For physicians who own an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) or are considering building one, there will be a discussion on cost containment.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Articulate the importance of peer support to physician well-being
• Recognize if a peer support program exists at their institution
• Take advantage of peer support
• Create programs at their institutions if they do not currently exist

AGENDA

• Introduction – Jothi Mirali-Larson, MD
• How Peer Support Programs Work – Kiran Gupta, MD
• Using and Implementing Peer Support Programs- Kiran Gupta, MD
• Ethical Dilemmas and Adverse Events – Ray Shaheen, MD
• The Case for Peer Support – Casey Humbyrd, MD
• Discussion – Jothi Mirali-Larson, MD

Commercial Support

The 2020 Physician Wellness live webinar series was provided FREE to AOFAS, RJOS, and JRGOS members with funding by the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation supported by grants from Wright Medical Medical Group N.V.

AOFAS Mission Statement

The mission of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society is to improve lives through exceptional orthopaedic foot and ankle care.

Target Audience

This course is designed for the experienced foot and ankle surgeon, the generalist orthopaedic surgeon interested in expanding their scope of practice into foot and ankle, post-residency fellows and residents who treat acute and chronic problems of the foot and ankle, and allied health professionals who work in foot and ankle care.

Program

The AOFAS attests that the person(s) responsible for the development of this educational activity did so independently and were not influenced by commercial supporters.

Credit Designation Statement

The AOFAS designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

A need for this educational activity has been determined based on previous course evaluations and the AOFAS educational curriculum. The content of this course was based on current issues and topics provided by AOFAS membership and leadership. For more information on the AOFAS CME mission, visit aofas.org/education.

AOFAS requires all instructors, planners, and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships or affiliations during the past 12 months with any commercial interest (any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods and services consumed by, or used on patients). All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the education content vetted by AOFAS for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness. AOFAS also requires faculty to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of a product are discussed in a CME activity. AOFAS attests that the persons responsible for the development of this educational activity did so independently and were not influenced by commercial supporters. All financial disclosures will be provided to meeting attendees in the final program materials.

The material presented in this continuing medical education activity has been made available by the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) for educational purposes only. This material is not intended to represent the only, nor necessarily the best, methods or procedures appropriate for the medical situation discussed, but rather is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the authors or presenters, which may be helpful or of interest to other practitioners. Methods, techniques, and procedures demonstrated and views and opinions expressed by speakers, presenters, and faculty are their own, and do not necessarily represent those of AOFAS, nor does presentation on the program represent or constitute endorsement or promotion by AOFAS. AOFAS expressly disclaims any warranties or guarantees, expressed or implied, and shall not be liable for damages of any kind in connection with the material, methods, information, techniques, opinions, or procedures expressed, presented, or demonstrated.

FDA Statement
Some drugs or medical devices demonstrated at this meeting have not been cleared by the FDA or have been cleared by the FDA for specific purposes only. The FDA has stated that it is the responsibility of the physician to determine the FDA clearance status of each drug or medical devices he or she wishes to use in clinical practice. AOFAS policy provides that “off label” uses of a drug or medical device may be described in its CME activities so long as the “off label” use of the drug or medical device is also specifically disclosed (i.e., it must be disclosed that the FDA has not cleared the drug or device for the described purpose). Any drug or medical device is being used “off label” if the described use is not set forth on the products approval label.

Faculty/Planner Disclosure Declaration
As an Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) provider, AOFAS has the obligation to ensure the delivery of education that is balanced and free of commercial bias. To achieve this, it is the policy of the AOFAS that all CME-related board members, committee members (“planners”), faculty, and appropriate staff disclose in writing to the learners’ all financial relationships that you have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. An “ineligible company” are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In addition to faculty members, commentators from the floor are charged with verbally disclosing any interests immediately prior to speaking. All disclosures are provided in this final program distributed at the meeting to all program participants.

In accordance with AOFAS policy:
Faculty participation in this educational activity will be predicated upon timely submission and review of AOFAS disclosure. An individual who refuses to disclose all financial relationships will be disqualified from being a planning committee member, a teacher, or an author of CME, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity. Non-compliance will result in a faculty member being stricken from the program.

An indication of the participant’s disclosure appears after his or her name as well as the ineligible company that provided the support. AOFAS does not view the existence of these disclosed interests or commitments as necessarily implying bias or decreasing the value of the author’s participation in this activity. In addition to ensuring that presentations be free of bias, faculty members are required to ensure that all material presented and discussed will be based on best- available evidence.

Webinar Faculty Disclosures

Jothi Mirali-Larson, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Kiran Gupta, MD
McGraw Hill (co-authored a patient safety textbook – Royalties, Financial or Material Support from Publishers

Ray Shaheen, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Casey Humbyrd, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

EDUCATION COMMITTEE DISCLOSURES (Planners)

Mohamed Abd-Ella, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Jonathon D. Backus, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Foot and Ankle International: Editorial or governing board
Medline UNITE: Paid Consultant

Daniel C Farber, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
DJ Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Foot and Ankle Online: Editorial or governing board
JMEA: Stock or stock Options
Trace Medical Concepts: Paid consultant

Alena Frey
Staff
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Lauren Elizabeth Geaney, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Arthrex, Inc: Research support
Connecticut Orthopaedic Society: Board or committee member Paragon 28: Paid consultant
Techniques in Orthopaedics: Editorial or governing board

Thomas M Hearty, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Orthobullets: Editorial or governing board

Kelly K. Hynes, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Carroll Jones, MD
Acumed, LLC: Research support
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Artelon: IP royalties, Paid consultant, Paid presenter or speaker
Arthrex, Inc: IP royalties
BoneSupport: Paid consultant
Bone Support(Cerament): Paid presenter or speaker
Celling Biosciences: Paid presenter or speaker
Nuvasive: Paid consultant
Osteoremedies: Paid consultant
Smith & Nephew: Paid consultant
Wright Medical Technology, Inc: IP royalties, Paid consultant, Paid presenter or speaker,, Research support

James Robert Lachman, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Elizabeth Martin, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

James Meeker, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Julie Murkowski
Staff
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Irvin Oh, MD
Innomed: IP royalties

Christian A. Ortiz, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Vinod Kumar Panchbhavi, MD, FACS
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Foot and Ankle InternationalTechniques in Foot & Ankle SurgeryOrthopedia.com: Editorial or governing board
Stryker: Paid presenter or speaker
Wolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Publishing royalties, financial or material support

Charles Saltzman, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

João Filipe Vide, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology: Board or committee member

Brian M Weatherford, MD
BESPA Global: Paid consultant
Orthobullets: Paid consultant
Synthes: Paid presenter or speaker

Richard Zell, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose

Jacob Rothschild Zide, MD
Orthofix: Paid consultant

All disclosures have been mitigated and resolved.