Pediatric Quality & Safety – PediaCast CME 040

Show Notes / Continuing Medical Education Information

DESCRIPTION
We all know quality and safety are important in pediatric practice. But how do we choose something to improve? What are best strategies for designing, executing and evaluating a QI project? And how can we effectively communicate our findings with others? Quality and safety pioneer, Dr Rick McClead, visits the studio as we explore answers to these questions and more. We hope you can join us!

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TOPICS
Pediatric Quality & Safety
QI Initiatives in Office and Hospital-Based Practice
Design, Execution and Publication of QI Projects

PRESENTERS
Dr Mike Patrick
PediaCast and PediaCast CME
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Dr Rick McClead
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Quality & Safety

LINKS
Pediatric Quality & Safety (Journal)
PQS Author Podcasts
Hospital Inpatient Waste Identification Tool (IHI)
Impact and Quality at Nationwide Children’s
ProWritingAid.com
Grammerly.com
Patient Safety Primers – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

PURPOSE
This online activity will identify and explore issues related to medical education and faculty development in pediatric primary care and subspecialty settings.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Primary care physicians, pediatric subspecialists and other healthcare professionals involved in medical education and other academic activities should participate in this activity.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Define the terms “quality” and “safety” as they pertain to healthcare and describe the importance of each.
  2. Identify an element of your office or hospital-based practice that could benefit from improved quality and design a QI initiative to improve it.
  3. Execute your office or hospital-based QI initiative and evaluate its progress.
  4. Communicate the results of your QI initiative by developing a plan for publication.

 

DISCLOSURES
No one in a position to control content has any relationships with commercial interests.

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
Nationwide Children’s has not received any commercial support for this activity.

ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE
1 Hour

DATE OF ORIGINAL RELEASE
November 15, 2018

EXPIRATION DATE
November 15, 2021

CME CREDIT AND PROVIDER INFORMATION

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The ACCME requires CME providers to maintain records of attendance for 6 years after participation.
Currently, there is no fee to obtain Category 1 CME Credit from this activity.

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Email: CMEOffice@nationwidechildrens.org

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