This activity was originally recorded on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The activity EXPIRED on June 16, 2023, and is no longer available for CME credit, but the recording is still available for viewing.
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About the Webinar
Disclosure and apology for medical errors is becoming the ethically expected norm post-event in healthcare organizations. However, health care professionals have expressed concern in the academic literature that disclosure will make them easy targets for state boards. This first-of-its-kind study asked state medical boards their perspective on this issue. During this webinar, the findings from the study will be shared. The hope is to open a dialogue with the state medical board community on this important topic and potentially develop future research around this issue and national policy recommendations.
About the Speaker
Doug Wojcieszak is a disclosure training consultant who created Sorry
Works! and has trained thousands of healthcare, insurance, and legal
professionals. Mr. Wojcieszak is a sought-after speaker and trainer, and
Sorry Works! content has become the “go to” references for organizations
dealing with adverse medical events. Sorry Works! is considered the brand name
of the disclosure movement, and as a non-profit, Sorry Works! conducts research
about disclosure while continuing to fulfill traditional roles of training and
advocacy. Mr. Wojcieszak, who earned a MA in Bioethics from The Ohio State University,
has had several personal and professional experiences with tort reform and
medical malpractice issues. He lost his oldest brother to medical errors in
1998 and his family successfully sued the hospital and doctors with the case
settling in 2000. The hospital attorneys – not the doctors – empathized with
the Wojcieszak family, but only after the case was settled and money exchanged
hands, and they did not admit fault or apologize for the fatal errors.
About the Moderator
Humayun “Hank” Chaudhry, DO, MACP, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the FSMB. From 2016 to 2018 Dr. Chaudhry also served as Chair of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA), which represents 116 members in 48 nations. Dr. Chaudhry is a graduate of New York University, the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine and Harvard University’s School of Public Health. He completed an internship at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York, followed by an ACGME-accredited residency in Internal Medicine at Winthrop-University Hospital, New York, where he spent an additional year as Chief Medical Resident.Dr. Chaudhry spent 14 years with the United States Air Force Reserve, rising to the rank of Major and serving as a Flight Surgeon. He spent two years as Health Commissioner for Suffolk County, New York, overseeing 1,300 employees and a budget of $400 million. He is co-author of “Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine,” 4th edition and “Medical Licensing and Discipline in America,” and in 2016, Dr. Chaudhry was recognized by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders in America
Target Audience
This activity was designed specifically for physician and public members, as well as leadership staff of the state medical and osteopathic licensing boards, and others within the medical regulatory community.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
Accreditation Statement
The Federation of State Medical Boards is accredited by the 
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statements
The Federation of State Medical Boards designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Federation of State Medical Boards certifies that non-physicians will receive an attendance certificate stating they participated in the activity that was designated for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
The American Osteopathic Association designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 of AOA Category 2-B credits.
Disclosure Declaration
As an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)
requires that the content of CME activities and related materials provide
balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. All faculty, planners, and others in a
position to control continuing medical education content participating in an
accredited continuing education activity are required to disclose all financial
relationships with ineligible companies. Ineligible
companies are organizations whose primary business is
producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products
used by or on patients. Faculty (authors, presenters, speakers) are encouraged
to provide a balanced view of therapeutic options by utilizing either generic
names or other options available when utilizing trade names to ensure
impartiality.
All faculty members are asked to disclose all financial relationships
they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies regardless of the potential
relevance of each relationship to the education and of
the amount. The FSMB has implemented a mechanism to
identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the activity. The
intent of this policy is to identify potential conflicts of interest so
participants can form their own judgments with full disclosure of the facts.
Participants will be asked to evaluate whether the speaker’s outside interests
reflect a possible bias in the planning or presentation of the activity. The
following indicates the disclosure declaration information and the nature of
those commercial relationships.
The speaker, course director, authors, and planners at the Federation of State Medical Boards, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
System Requirements
In order to view this presentation, your computer must have audio capabilities (working speakers or headphones) and must have an internet browser capable of playing an HTML5 video.
Instructions for Participants and Obtaining CME Credit
There is no fee for this activity. To receive credit and receive their certificates, participants must view this CME activity in its entirety and complete the evaluation. The estimated time for completion of this activity is 1 hour.