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Ghosts of Assumptions Past: How Yesterday’s Fallacies Affect Today’s Patients


Content Area- PATIENT SAFETY

How much do we really know about our patients? Many established practices in healthcare are based on certain assumptions about the clinical appearance of a "normal" patient. But what does "normal" really look like? When does a population become large enough that "normal" no longer has practical meaning? More importantly, should that affect how we handle diagnosis and treatment and if so, how? This session will take a look at how assumptions about normalcy came to be, recent research that casts doubt on some of these assumptions, and how we can all better advocate for our patients to improve their safety and their outcomes.

Broadcast date: January 22, 2025
Broadcast time:
2pm Eastern
1pm Central
12pm Mountain Daylight
12pm Mountain Standard (Arizona)
11am Pacific

Approved for 1.00 CRCE Hours.


SEMINAR OBJECTIVES

Understand the history and context of using anthropometric 'norms' for diagnosis and treatment
Identify ways to improve clinical practice and patient safety through this understanding and its contexts


CHAPTERS

Ghosts of Assumptions Past: How Yesterday's Fallacies Affect Today's Patients


Speaker Information

Mike Hess, MPH, RRT, RPFT