Improving Perioperative Care Program

Dates: April 19-20, 2010 and November 8-9, 2010

Location: Baltimore, MD, USA

Speakers

Deborah B. Hobson, BSN, Quality Improvement Chairperson and a Staff Nurse, Johns Hopkins Hospital; and Patient Safety Clinical Specialist, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care

Lori Paine, RN, MS, Director, Patient Safety, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care

Paula S. Kent, RN, MSN, MBA, Patient Safety Coordinator, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Hanan Aboumatar, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Who Should Attend? Perioperative nurses, CRNAs, nurse managers, surgeons, anesthesiologists, patient safety officers, individuals moving into a safety oversight role, quality improvement professionals and risk managers.

Course Objectives. Key to our success is Johns Hopkins Medicine’s approach of developing a culture of safety; teamwork & communications; and engaging front line staff to apply the best evidence into actionable performance in the day-to-day practice in the OR. This course will help participants:

1.      Understand the science of safety and the role that culture of safety plays in operating room (OR) improvement

2.      Create a comprehensive unit-based safety program in OR

3.      Implement specific interventions to improve multidisciplinary teamwork and communication and how this can improve patient outcomes

4.      Identify evidence-based bundles and toolkits to reduce preventable infections and complications commonly associated with perioperative care such as surgical site infections and wrong site surgery

5.      Engage front-line staff to identify ways of implementing best practice in their unique OR environments

A selection of the tools and techniques that will be taught in this course.

Cost: $595 per participant

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