CME available on the AMA Ed Hub™: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-education/audio-player/10.1001/ama.2025.0002176

Why is it that individuals who are hospitalized often leave the hospital with decreased mobility and functional abilities? In this episode of Clinically Significant™, host Maylyn Martinez, MD, MSc explores the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of Hospital-acquired disability (HAD). Are fall prevention efforts helping or harming hospitalized patients? Can societal norms and public health policies shift away from bed rest and encourage safe mobility for patients with acute medical illness? Tune in for the answers to these questions and actionable steps health care providers can take to prevent HAD.

Learn more about geriatrics and physical therapy on the AMA Ed Hub™.

Episode Guests:

Kenneth Covinsky, MD, MPH: Clinician-researcher at University of California San Francisco
Michael Friedman, PT, MBA: Sr. Director, Strategic Programs Director, Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Promotion (JH-AMP)
Erik Hans Hoyer, MD: Co-director, Activity and Mobility Promotion Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alan M. Jette, PhD, MPH, PT: Professor Emeritus, Physical Therapy, Boston University Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

Clinically Significant™ is hosted by:

Jodi Abbott, MD, MSc, MHCM: Professor of ObGyn at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Education Center Curriculum and Outreach for the American Medical Association (AMA)
Maylyn Martinez, MD, MSc: Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago and former contributing host, writer, and producer for the JAMA Clinical Reviews podcast.
Avir Mitra, MD: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at NYU Langone and contributing editor at Radiolab (WNYC).

CME Information:

Accreditation Statement: The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: The AMA designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

0.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
0.5 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery's (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
0.5 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology's (ABPath) Continuing Certification program
0.5 Credit towards the CME Requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit. CME Disclosure Statement: Unless noted, all individuals in control of content reported no relevant financial relationships. If applicable, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.