Introducing MyCME
Log-in to MyNORCAL and click MyCME to enroll in CME courses, complete your attestation for credit online, and view and print transcripts – all from one easy-to-use website.Click here for detailed log-in instructions.
Overview
The purpose of NORCAL’s CME program is to improve the quality of patient care, promote safe practices, and reduce the frequency and severity of malpractice claims. NORCAL strives to improve the competence and performance of its policyholders by:- Identifying clinical and administrative risk exposures
- Developing suitable educational initiatives designed to change physician risk management behaviors
Claims Rx Newsletter
Each month, Claims Rx addresses specific risk management strategies that can decrease your exposure to potential liability. It also includes legislative and regulatory updates on changes in healthcare, as well as case-based analyses of closed medical malpractice claims.CME Program FAQs
Read our list of frequently asked questions and contact information regarding our CME Program.Risk Management Self-Assessment Courses
Risk Management Self-AssessmentSolid risk management principles of complete medical record documentation, clear communication between providers and thorough follow-up protocols are critical to the clinical care you provide. The Risk Management Self-Assessment course addresses these topics in the following three modules, now available exclusively to NORCAL policyholders:
- Module I: Medical Record Documentation
- Module II: Follow Up
- Module III: Drug-Seeking Patients: Managing the Risk
Clinical Courses
Diabetes: Managing ComorbiditiesExamines the common causes of litigation related to negligent management of diabetes and its comorbidities and provides tools to help physicians enhance communication, implement a diabetes management protocol and develop strategies to mitigate risk.
Failure to Diagnose Acute Myocardial Infarction
Examines the most common reasons that physicians miss a diagnosis of MI and offers risk management strategies that can help reduce patient death due to physician negligence.
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Examines medical malpractice cases associated with the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of DVT, and provides patient safety and risk management strategies to reduce liability exposure.
Administrative Courses
Medical Records Management & Practice ManagementReinforces the importance of the medical record in reflecting quality patient care, and to assist practices in identifying and reducing liability exposures of their day-to-day operations.
Informed Consent
Addresses the gaps in knowledge related to the informed consent process in order to reduce malpractice claims and improve patient care.
Cultural Competency and Health Literacy
Provides strategies for understanding and responding appropriately to the cultural, linguistic and literacy differences healthcare providers encounter between themselves and with their patients.
