Main topics of the activity include:

Clinical Cases in Patient Safety
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Burnout Plenary: Lessons Learned
Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals 2010

NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS: The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 19.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course should take approximately 19.5 hours to complete.

COST: Various. Click Register for details.

OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After viewing this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Deliver key information for hospitalists, residents, and all clinicians who provide inpatient care
2. Provide practical, evidence‑based updates that answer questions encountered in the everyday hospital medicine practice
3. Assist physicians planning to recertify in the Boards of Internal Medicine and update their training
4. Provide tools for QI initiatives in the community setting
5. Enable networking opportunities

METHOD OF PARTICIPATION:

To successfully complete this activity and earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, learners must watch or view all lectures, successfully complete a posttest, and submit a post-course evaluation. A processing fee may also be required. Please click Register for full details.

COMBINATION OF MEDIA USED:

This educational activity is in the form of a DVD, combining audio and video. Links to any necessary plugins are provided when necessary.

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SYLVIA MCKEAN, MD, FACP Course Director

Sylvia McKean, MD, FACP is the Medical Director of the BWF Hospitalist Service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, and the Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Her academic appointment is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Associate Physician at BWH. Over the past 10 years, Dr. McKean has received more than 15 awards for leadership, excellence and teaching. In 2002, she was appointed “scholar” as a charter member of the HMS Academy in recognition of excellence in medical education and commitment to improvement and innovation in medical education. She received the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2006 Excellence in Teaching Award in recognition of outstanding teaching in hospital medicine. DISCLOSURE: Reported no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities

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NUMBER OF CREDITS: 19.5 

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 19.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course should take approximately 19.5 hours to complete.

Within 2 weeks of completing the course, you will receive your certificate via email.

Click the image to view a sample of the certificate

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