Peer Review of Medical Findings
Outline of Clinical Initiative
Purpose of Clinical Initiative – Peer Review of Medical Findings
The purpose of peer review of medical findings will be to provide the opportunity for participants to review documentation, discuss interpretation of findings, and provide feedback regarding the quality of documentation. This initiative is primarily for the medical providers, however, other team members may choose to participate as well.
Goals of Clinical Initiative
1. To enhance the quality of documentation of physical findings in cases of suspected child abuse.
2. To provide the opportunity to discuss findings and interpretation of findings in cases of suspected child abuse or neglect.
3. To increase the knowledge of medical providers in children’s advocacy centers nationally.
4. To provide an opportunity to discuss cases of suspected child abuse and neglect in multi-user national, multi-user regional as well as point-to-point connections.
Design of Clinical Initiative
Peer Review for Medical Findings will occur monthly. Sites are asked to select the date and time from the listed options that best fits their schedules. The MRCAC will finalize the group selection so as to adhere to the appropriate group size.
Sites participating in this initiative will be required to present a case approximately every other month. Sites who are not scheduled to present, but have an urgent need for a case consultation may contact the MRCAC who will provide the final agenda for the calls. In addition, the MRCAC will work with the presenting sites to provide input on case selection as well as to be sure any technical questions can be addressed prior to the start of the call. This will allow the goals for the call to be top priority. Typically, each call will have 3 case presentations lasting 15 minutes each. Each session will last one hour. Following will be the agenda for this peer review session.
Sample agenda:
10:00 – 10:05
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Introductions & Inventory of Cases to Review
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10:05 – 10:20
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Review and Discussion of Case #1
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10:20 – 10:35
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Review and Discussion of Case #2
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10:35 – 10:50
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Review and Discussion of Case #3
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10:50 – 11:00
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Final questions, Evaluation and Wrap-up
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