Mitigating Medical Mishaps

This course discusses common ocular medical conditions which can be challenging to diagnose and treat and are disproportionately involved in cases of misdiagnosis. These conditions include retinal detachment, giant cell arteritis, intracranial mass lesions, and infectious keratitis. Recommendations and strategies are provided to minimize risk and better diagnose patients utilizing real-life cases and mishaps to illustrate these concepts. A discussion will include actual malpractice cases when medical mishaps occur as well as help navigating the legal system.
Speaker: Joseph Sowka, O.D.