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Paul Foster, M.D., FACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Topics and Objectives:
- Residents as the Crucial Link in Improving Hospital Safety
- detail the story of our resident safety rounds
- argue that participating in a safety process is an important part of resident education and empowers residents
- argue that resident involvement in safety initiatives improves processes and provides embattled residencies with an additional way to show their value to the hospital
- Implementing a Milestone Evaluation System
- designed for faculty groups struggling with new ACGME requirements regarding the use of milestones
- review data and lessons learned from our implementation project in providing an electronic milestone based evaluation that changes as residents develop
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: Baltimore, MD
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Ethan Fried, M.D., FACP
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, Director of Graduate Medical Education, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Topics and Objectives:
- Anatomy of Medical Errors and the NYS Near Miss Registry
- decribe the three different types of errors and apply them to many different categories of medical errors
- apply updated knowledge of medical errors to clinical practice
- differentiate between a near miss event and a medical error
- identify and use various error mitigation strategies including better teamwork and communication and forced functions to reduce errors
- improve clinical practice by identifying and reporting near miss events
- use the NYS Near Miss registry to add knoweldge to our understanding of vulenerabilities and barriers to errors
- improve patient safety by establishing a just culture of safety among physicians
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: New York, NY
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Sapna Kuehl, M.D., FACP
Program Director, Director of Quality Assurance and Improvement, Department of Medicine, St. Agnes Hospital; Clinical Instructor, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Topics and Objectives:
- Medical Errors and Improving Patient Safety
- review the basics of patient safety and quality
- develop an understanding of common causes of medical errors
- review medical error reduction strategies
- Effective Communication in Healthcare
- understand the vital role of communication in patient safety and risk management
- review communication challenges and current literature on physician communication skill
- become familiar with popular communication tools and improvement strategies
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: Baltimore, MD
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Alex Yazaji, M.D.
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Union Memorial Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Topics and Objectives:
- Patient Safety: Interesting Cases and Current Trends
- review four interesting cases encountered at our institution
- discuss early recognition of potential safety issues
- provide guidance in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases that may become patient safety concerns
- Hot Topics in Patient Safety: Hand Hygiene Strategies and Urinary Catheter Management
- discuss implementation of various measures to reduce urinary catheter related infections
- discuss implementation of strategies to improve hand hygiene compliance
- disucss institutional accountability and how the above issues relate to patient safety
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: Baltimore, MD
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