IHI Open School Patient Safety Courses
Patient Safety Courses
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Overview
No one embarks on a health care career intending to harm patients. But much too often, patients die or suffer injuries because of their experiences within the health care system. In this course, you’ll learn why becoming a student of patient safety is critical for everyone involved in health care today, and you will learn a framework for building safer, more reliable systems of care.
In Lesson 1, you’ll go beyond the numbers to hear from people who have experienced harm from the health care system and learn how it has changed their lives. You’ll explore the reasons that providing safe care isn’t always easy in an environment where powerful drugs, quick decisions, and persistent distractions are the norm.
Lesson 2 discusses the component parts of a culture of safety, including psychological safety, accountability, and teamwork and communication. Through different scenarios, you’ll learn about the structures and behaviors that contribute to a culture of safety and see these elements at work.
Finally, in Lesson 3, you’ll learn that organizations that successfully manage complexity have a deliberate approach to escalating the small concerns and suggestions of employees. Staff members know how to recognize problems, whom to contact, and how to get that person’s attention immediately. The leaders, in turn, avoid blame and provide the resources necessary to solve problems.
Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour 15 minutes
Lessons
- Lesson 1: Understanding Adverse Events and Patient Safety
- Lesson 2: Your Role in a Culture of Safety
- Lesson 3: Your Role in Building Safer, More Reliable Systems
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Summarize why it is essential to improve patient safety.
- Describe a framework for improving the safety of health care systems.
- Identify four key elements of a culture of safety.
- Explain why systematic learning from error and unintended events is the best response to ensuring patient safety.
Continuing Education Credits
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved to award 1.25 credit(s) toward Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification.
This activity/program is approved by NAHQ® for 1.25 CPHQ CE credits.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:
- 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC point(s) in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
- 1.25 MOC point(s) in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
- 1.25 point(s) in the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology's redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. (Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.)
- 1.25 point(s) in the American Board of Ophthalmology's Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to satisfy the Lifelong Learning requirements for the American Board of Ophthalmology's Maintenance of Certification program.
Successful completion of this activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, offers Lifelong Learning (MOC Part 2 CME) point(s) for the following boards:
- American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)*
- American Board of Allergy & Immunology (ABAI)
- American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery (ABCRS)
- American Board of Pathology (ABPath)
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN)*
- American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)*
- American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM)
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS)
- American Board of Urology (ABU)
*Approved as a Foundational Patient Safety Activity for ABA, ABPN, and ABPS
Successful completion of this activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, offers Self-Assessment (MOC Part 2 SA) point(s) for the following boards:
- American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) (15pts)**
- American Board of Pediatrics (ABPed) (20pts)**
- American Board of Ophthalmology (ABOP)
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS)
- American Board of Radiology (ABR)
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
**ABPed and ABFM diplomates are required to complete all the selected courses within an activity to collect MOC activity points.
It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 general continuing education credits.
Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive Mainpro+ Certified, Certified Assessment, or Non-Certified credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The AAFP has reviewed PS 101: Introduction to Patient Safety and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Elective credit(s). Term of Approval is from 06/20/2024 to 06/20/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For Hamad Medical Corporation Open School users, a DHP licensed practitioner can claim Category 2—Self- Directed Learning—Clinical Practice—Completing Self-Learning Modules by uploading their certificate to the CPD ePortfolio.
An annual IHI Open School Subscription can provide access to all these courses and more.
