2026 Required Annual Education for Credentialed Medical Staff

The Required Annual Education for Credentialed Medical Staff course is required annually for all Baptist Health credentialed medical staff with privileges. (See "Who should complete this course?" below for more information.)

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Target Audience

    Who should complete this course?

    • This course should be completed annually by all credentialed medical staff with privileges.
      • This includes both employed and non-employed providers, including physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants/physician associates, certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, podiatrists, dentists, psychologists (intermediate), and allied health professionals.
      • This includes BHMG physicians.
    • Honorary and Affiliate medical staff members are exempt

     

    Psychologists (Instructional Level: Intermediate) licensed in the State of Florida.

    Baptist Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baptist Health South Florida maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    Learning Objectives

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    • Demonstrate proficiency in identifying and applying key safety, regulatory, and clinical protocols across all patient care settings to maintain accreditation compliance and promote optimal patient safety.
    • Adhere to institutional policies, and federal regulations to ensure safe, effective, and compliant patient care.

    Resources

    Course Summary
    Available credit: 
    • 1.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge
    • 1.50 ABS Accredited CME
    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 Psychology CE
    • 1.50 General certificate of attendance
    • 1.50 Florida Board of Dentistry
    • 1.50 Nurse Practitioners
    • 1.50 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
    • 1.50 Florida Board of Psychology
    Course opens: 
    03/31/2026
    Course expires: 
    03/31/2027

    The purpose of this course is to implement a standardized, system-wide process that ensures consistency, compliance, and alignment with accreditation and regulatory expectations.

    HIPAA/ Privacy: Best Practices for Physicians

    Maren Gordon
    Privacy Manager, Baptist Health South Florida 

    Shannon Martin
    Lead, Governance, Risk & Compliance Security Analyst 
    Technology & Digital

    The Importance of Preventing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA)

    Ana Navarrete, MSN, R.N., CHC
    Corporate Compliance Director

    Emergency Management and Safety

    Edgar Fandino
    Director, Environmental Health, and Safety 

    Luis Collado
    AVP Business Continuity, Emergency Management, and Safety 

    Jose Lopez 
    Director, Emergency Preparedness

    Surgical and Operating Room Fire Safety

    Edgar Fandino
    Director, Environmental Health, and Safety 

    Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation

    Rabbi Claudio J. Kogan, M.D., MBE, M.Ed.
    Director, Bioethics Program

    Medication Management, Medication Reconciliation, and Antimicrobial Stewardship

    Estela Trimino, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS
    AVP Acute Care Southern Region | Pharmacy

    Obstetric Hypertensive Crisis and Maternal Hemorrhage Plan

    Yvonne Johnson, M.D. 
    Vice President & Chief Medical Officer 

    Abuse, Neglect and Suicide Prevention

    Mily Selgas, R.N., MSN, MBA, HC
    Corporate V.P. of Clinical Log EBC Case Management 

    Use of Restraints

    Pua Cooper MSN, R.N., FHIMSS, CHCIO, CDH-E 
    AVP of Corporate Quality/Accreditation, Patient Safety BHMG Analytics, BHMG Quality/Performance Improvement, & Clinical Informatics Liaison

    Christina M. Rodriguez, MSN, R.N., CPHQ, CPPS, NE-BC
    Corporate Director
    Accreditation Services at Baptist Health South Florida

    Transfer Protocols Regulatory Update

    Milly Selgas MSN, MNA, R.N., CPHQ
    Corporate Vice President of Case Management 
    Clinical Logistics and Evidence Based Clinical Care

    Tina R. Jacomino, MSN RN CCP
    Director of Operations, Patient Logistics & Transfer Center
    Telehealth Center
    Baptist Health South Florida

    Infection Prevention and Control

    Jessica Garciga, R.N., BSN, CIC, CSPDT
    Director of Infection Prevention & Control

    Denise Payne R.N., MSN, MBA, CIC, CPHQ, CPPS, CJCP, FACHE, NEA-BC
    AVP, Quality, Infection Prevention & Public Reporting

    Workplace Health – Annual Health Requirements

    Maribeth Rouseff, MBA
    Assistant Vice President
    Workplace Health & Wellness


    Disclosures and Resolution of Conflict of Interest

    Zulma Berrios, M.D., Luis Collado, Pua Cooper, MSN, R.N., Jessica Garciga, R.N., Rabbi Claudio Kogan, M.D., Edgar Fandino, Tina R. Jacomino, MSN R.N., Yvonne Johnson, M.D., Jose Lopez, Ana Navarrete, RN, Denise Payne, R.N., Christina M. Rodriguez, MSN, R.N., Maribeth Rouseff, MBA, Mily Selgas, R.N., Esty Timino, Pharm.D., faculty of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and have indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

    Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose. 

    *Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

    Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
                  
    Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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    American Board of Surgery - Maintenance of Certification (MOC) - Accredited CME- General Surgery

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

    Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

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    American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

    Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

    Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

     

    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Maintenance of Certification

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABPMR credit.

    Available Credit

    • 1.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge
    • 1.50 ABS Accredited CME
    • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.50 Psychology CE
    • 1.50 General certificate of attendance
    • 1.50 Florida Board of Dentistry
    • 1.50 Nurse Practitioners
    • 1.50 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
    • 1.50 Florida Board of Psychology
    Please login or register for a Baptist Health CME account to take this course.

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    Excludes federal holidays. Appointments only.
    Phone: 786-596-2398

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