Series Overview

The Emergency Medicine Journal Club series is geared towards developing fundamental knowledge in and advancing the practice of emergency medicine. Content is oriented towards learners at all stages of career development.

Target Audience

The target audience is practicing, board certified or board eligible emergency medicine physicians, advanced practitioners (PAs & NPs), and nurses, and those with interest in emergency medicine, including osteopathic physicians.

Planning Committee

Mark Olaf, DO, Activity Director

Accreditation 

In support of improving patient care, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation 

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.

The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine designates this program for a maximum of 1.5 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credit commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity. 

Disclosure Policy

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its continuing education activities. Each person in a position to control the educational content of a CE activity must disclose the existence or non-existence of any financial relationship that they have with an ineligible company. There is no minimum financial threshold; individuals must disclose all financial information, regardless of the amount. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. Any identified conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to the start of the activity. Subsequently, disclosure information is made available prior to the start of the activity.