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Forward04.13.22 | Trial, Settlement, and the RaDonda Vaught Case
Please join the Department of Emergency Medicine as we welcome Dr. Gita Pensa for a Grand Rounds presentation on the topic of medical malpractice. Dr. Pensa will provide essential information on medical malpractice—from how cases are identified, how they develop, to how the judicial process works. As instructive context, she will provide an interpretation the recent RaDonda Vaught Case.
Target Audience
Emergency medicine physicians
Learning Objectives
After this session, the participants should be better able to:
- Identify the various parties who have interest in determining whether a medical malpractice case goes to trial or ends in settlement.
- Evaluate the perspectives of each of those parties and how case outcomes are ultimately decided.
- Understand the differences between civil and criminal litigation, and highlight lessons from a recent criminal trial for medical error.
Speaker
Gita S. Pensa, MD, FAAEM
Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
Department of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Brown Emergency Medicine
Newport Hospital, Newport, RI
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI
Course Chair
Brian Clyne, MD, MHL
Professor of Medical Science
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vice Chair of Medical Education
Emergency Medicine, Brown Physicians, Inc.
Co-Chair
Jeremiah Schuur, MD, MHS
Frances Weeden Gibson-Edward A. Iannuccilli, MD Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Physician-in-Chief of Emergency Medicine
Lifespan Hospital
Planning Committee
Erika Constantine, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Lifespan Hospital
Elizabeth Jacobs, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Lifespan Hospital
Jennifer Maloney
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Megan Ranney, MD, MPH
Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean for Digital Health Innovation
Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health
Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Emergency Medicine Physician and Researcher
Lifespan Hospital
Maria Sullivan, Director
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Jared Supple, MD
House Staff Officer in Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Amy Matson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Taneisha Wilson, MD, ScM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Attending Physician, The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital
Brown Physicians, Inc.
Stephen Traub, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Attending Physician
Brown Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
The Warren Alpert Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.00 AttendanceParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.