Advances in Aging Lecture: ‘Diagnostic Errors – Hidden Menace or Hyperbole?’

Presented by University of Arizona Center on Aging and the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine:

Advances in Aging Research Lecture Series
or Geriatric Grand Rounds

CME Credit Provided by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

“Diagnostic Errors: Hidden Menace or Hyperbole?”

Presenter

Thomas Dalton, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Director, Acute Care for Elders Unit, Clements University Hospital
Director, Academic Colleges, UT Southwestern Medical School

Noon-1:00 pm (MST), Monday, May 13, 2024
This virtual lecture will be broadcast by a livestream web link:
https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/30619/event

Flyer for this event:  flyer_advances_dalton_5.13.pdf

Objectives

• Demonstrate how measuring diagnostic errors can be challenging
• List factors that contribute to cognitive diagnostic errors 
• Consider diagnostic errors in the context of geriatric medicine

Accreditation Statement

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a
maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosures

All faculty, CME planning committee members, and the CME office reviewers have disclosed
that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a
conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

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