Waterbury Hospital | Medical Grand Rounds

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and UConn Health Waterbury Hospital.

Speaker: Dr. Jo-ann Cosgriff
Title: Morbidity & Mortality
Date: 10/09/2026
Time: 8:30AM-9:30AM
Location: Bizzozero Conference Room

Session Attendance Code: WUPMOK

Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
1.  Review cases of patients treated by the   medical service that involve complications, diagnostic errors or unanticipated outcomes/deaths. 
2.  Promote a culture of ongoing learning, high reliability, and psychological safety.​
3.  Improve patient safety and overall quality of care through education which will result in   improved clinical decision making and error reduction. ​
4. Educate clinicians (trainees, attendings, advanced practice practitioners ) on clinical concepts, hospital policies and principles of quality improvement as related to the cases reviewed. ​
5. Discuss Triage/level of care.
6. Illustrate issues with communication between Hospitalist team and ICU team​.
7. Discuss the importance of a questioning attitude when diagnosis is unclear ​. 
Speaker Disclosure Statement: Dr. Jo-ann Cosgriff in their role as [speaker] for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.  
Speaker Off-label Statement: Dr. Jo-ann Cosgriff will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. 
Speaker AI Statement: Dr. Jo-ann Cosgriff has not used AI tools in the preparation of this session.

Target Audience: Faculty, staff, residents, and students interested in clinical research.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this [live activity] for a maximum of _ [1] _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Directors & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Session date: 
10/09/2026 - 8:30am to 9:30am EDT
Location: 
Waterbury Hospital
64 Robbins Street
Bizzozero Conference Room
Waterbury, CT 06708
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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