Spotlight Series 303: Reducing Medical Errors through CRM

Spotlight on Patient Safety: Reducing Medical Errors through CRM
6 CME Category One Credits toward AMA Physicianís Recognition Award

Information

The need for the program was determined from comments from previous seminar participants and from malpractice insurance statistics.

Goals

This is not a clinical course, and no attempt is being made to establish or promote protocols. Nor is this a legal course, and nothing presented herein should be construed as legal advice. This is a course about protecting your patients by developing the communication, documentation, analytical and planning skills that make the delivery of medical care safer. Research has shown that formalized processes increase consistency in action, making it more difficult for a doctor or other health care professional to overlook or forget a step. Such formalized processes reduce variation and ensure that all on the health care team will enact certain processes in the same way. These techniques serve to enhance patient care and reduce medical error. By learning and practicing these skills, you will reduce both the frequency and the severity of medical errors.

Objectives

When they complete this course, participants should be able to:

1. Identify the elements of crew resource management.
2. Apply principles of CRM to the health care environment.
3. Discuss the proper use of checklists and protocols in reducing medical errors.
4. Develop a plan for utilizing CRM and protocols in your medical practice.

Target Audience

This seminar is designed for physicians of all specialties who want to sharpen their risk management skills. A basic knowledge of risk management and malpractice is assumed.

Faculty

This seminar was authored by Rosemary Gafner, Ed.D.

CME Information

This seminar is provided in partnership with Medical Risk Management, Inc.

Medical Risk Management, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education to physicians. Medical Risk Management, Inc. designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 6 Category 1 credit(s) toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

This activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Enduring Materials.

Physicians who satisfactorily complete this seminar with a score of 80 percent or better will receive a certificate of completion that will document their participation in this program.

Required Time

Estimated study time: 5.5 hours
Estimated testing time: 30 minutes

Corexcel is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Satisfactory completion of the test will earn the nurse 14.2 contact hours.