EMS Journal Club

Emergency Medical Services is constantly shifting and updating its practices as medicine evolves. But how do we access scientific journals and other materials that these new practices are being based on? Dr. Wanna discusses the process of reviewing medical journals, where to find them, and ensuring they are accurate in their reporting’s. He also discusses how peer-reviewed medical journals are an important, established, and credible means of communicating clinical trial results and other relevant scientific information to the medical community.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of EMS providers. 

Learning Objectives

  • Explain and outline a logical and orderly approach to reading a scientific manuscript 
  • Determine when medical journals change medical practice when new scientific discoveries and findings are placed in the proper perspective. 
  • Discuss how peer-reviewed medical journals are an important, established, and credible means of communicating clinical trial results and other relevant scientific information to the medical community. 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/09/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Rating: 
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Tony Wanna, MD  

Sarah Myers, EMS Director 

 Disclosure: There are no relevant financial relationships to report for those individuals in a position to control the content of this CME Activity​ 

Accreditation: The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation: The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity. The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
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  1. Successfully pass the post-test with a minimum score of 70%. 

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