Advanced Diagnostic Reasoning

Designed for physicians looking to sharpen their diagnostic approach, this workshop explores skills and behaviours to help you identify situations associated with a higher incidence of diagnostic decision-making errors and act to prevent them.

The strategies covered in this workshop will help participants:

  • identify and address information gaps;
  • raise and maintain situational awareness; and
  • enhance decision-making and safety of care.

Learning objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify information gaps in diagnostic case scenarios.
  2. Explain the importance of clinical documentation as evidence of sound diagnostic decision-making.
  3. Define situational awareness and its role in diagnostic decision-making.
  4. Discuss strategies to safeguard diagnostic decision-making and raise situational awareness.
  5. Evaluate use of a diagnostic reasoning tool in their clinical environment.

Credits

This 2-credit-per-hour Assessment program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 8.50 Mainpro+ credits.

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 4.25 hour (credits are automatically calculated).

This activity is recognized by the Collège des Médecins du Québec for 4.25 hours of continuing education in Category B: Exercise evaluation activities.

Scheduled events

NOTE: This is a two-part workshop and includes intersession activities. Participants must be available on both dates to complete the workshop.

  • Date
  • Time (1.5 hours sessions)
  • Location
  • Language
  • Registration
  • January 25 (Thur),2024
    February 8 (Thur), 2024
  • 1:00pm ET (10:00am PT, 11:00am MT, 12:00pm CT, 2:00pm AT, 3:30pm NT)
  • Virtual
  • English
  • Registration closed
  • February 13 (Tues), 2024
    February 27 (Tues), 2024
  • 1:00pm ET (10:00am PT, 11:00am MT, 12:00pm CT, 2:00pm AT, 3:30pm NT)
  • Virtual
  • French
  • Registration closed
  • April 8 (Mon), 2024
    April 22 (Mon), 2024
  • 1:00pm ET (10:00am PT, 11:00am MT, 12:00pm CT, 2:00pm AT, 3:30pm NT)
  • Virtual
  • English
  • Join the waitlist
  • September 4 (Wed), 2024
    September 18 (Wed), 2024
  • 1:00pm ET (10:00am PT, 11:00am MT, 12:00pm CT, 2:00pm AT, 3:30pm NT)
  • Virtual
  • English
  • Join the waitlist
  • October 8 (Tues), 2024
    October 22 (Tues), 2024
  • 1:00pm ET (10:00am PT, 11:00am MT, 12:00pm CT, 2:00pm AT, 3:30pm NT)
  • Virtual
  • French
  • Join the waitlist

Dates and times subject to change.

Technological requirements


Questions? Contact us at [email protected]