Disclosing harm from healthcare delivery

Upon completion, you will be able to:

1. Recognize a physician’s obligation to disclose a harmful patient safety incident.
2. Describe types of patient safety incidents in healthcare.
3. List key steps to planning, initiating, and documenting a disclosure discussion.

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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CMPA. You may claim a maximum of 0.5 hour (credits are automatically calculated).

The College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC)

This online 2-credit-per-hour Assessment program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 1 Mainpro+ credit.

Scientific Planning Committee: Dr. Eileen Bridges¹, Dr. Shirley Lee¹, Dr. Steven Bellemare¹, Dr. Katherine Larivière¹, Dr. Tino Piscione¹, Dr. Richard Mimeault¹, Dr. Robert Johnston¹, Dr. Liisa Honey¹, Dr. Janet Nuth^1, Ms. Tunde Gondocz¹

Employees of: 1. Paid employee of the CMPA

Conflict of Interest: The members of the Scientific Planning Committee have no financial or professional affiliation with any organization that can be perceived as a conflict of interest in the context of this online program.