Product Description
American Medical Seminars, Inc. Family and Internal Medicine – Day 3 3/18/2026
Original Release Date: July 1, 2026
Expiration Date: July 1, 2029
Presenting Faculty: Stan Henkin; Richard Scarfone;
Improving Medical Decision Making: Patient Safety and Strategies to Avoid Diagnostic Errors
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Consider that relying on pattern recognition and memory and making snap judgments may lead to diagnostic errors.
- Explain the cognitive errors that physicians make most frequently.
- Develop an approach to medical decision-making that will help prevent committing diagnostic errors.
Al as a Cognitive Partner in Clinical Reasoning
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Analyze the barriers that clinicians face in the clinical reasoning process.
- Consider the use of Al to assist in clinical reasoning and diagnosis.
- Determine the limitations of using Al to assist diagnostic reasoning, including hallucinations and bias.
Longitudinal care of patients with pulmonary Embolism
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Formulate a plan for evaluation of patients with dyspnea after pulmonary embolism
- Differentiate between causes of dyspnea in patients with history of pulmonary embolism
Care of patients with Ascending aortic aneurysm
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Recognize etiologies of ascending aortic aneurysm
- Comprehend methods and intervals for surveillance of ascending aortic aneurysm
- Appreciate thresholds for repair of ascending aortic aneurysm
Updates in management of hypertension
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Comprehend categories of hypertension and appropriate correct methods to measure blood pressure in the office and at home
- Develop an algorithm for management of hypertension
- Recognize treatment goals of hypertension and ways to improve patient adherence
