Medical Errors: Promoting a Culture of Patient Safety - Psychologist Course

 

This course satisfies the Florida Board's relicensure requirements for the prevention of medical errors for psychologists. This course includes information on the five most misdiagnosed conditions during the previous biennium, as determined by the Florida Board.

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This course is NOT intended for physicians, osteopathic physicians, nurses, and nurse practitioners.

Current Florida Board of Psychology relicensure requirements available here. 

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Target Audience

Psychologists (Instructional Level: Intermediate) licensed in the State of Florida.

Baptist Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baptist Health South Florida maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Learning Objectives

  • List the current statistics on the incidence of medical errors and describe their impact on patient safety.
  • Summarize the role and key recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) task forces on improving healthcare quality in the United States.
  • Identify common error-prone situations, processes, and contributing factors in healthcare settings.
  • Demonstrate strategies to foster a culture of safety within a healthcare team or organization.
  • Apply at least two evidence-based processes for reducing and preventing medical errors to improve patient outcomes.
  • Explain the steps and benefits of conducting a root cause analysis (RCA) following a medical error.
  • Describe the procedures for reporting medical errors according to Baptist Health policies.
  • Recognize the unique safety needs of special populations (e.g., pediatric, geriatric, or cognitively impaired patients).
  • Identify at least three potential sources of medical error in mental health practice, including diagnostic errors, failure to report abuse, and misidentification of medical conditions as psychiatric disorders.
     
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • DeAngelis, T. (2016, September) Preventing medical errors: Psychologists are revamping health-care systems to keep patients safe from life-threatening mistakes. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org.
  • Frese, M., & Keith, N. (2015). Action errors, error management, and learning in organizations. Annual review of psychology, 66, 661-687.
  • Hunt, D. F., Bailey, J., Lennox, B. R., Crofts, M., & Vincent, C. (2021). Enhancing psychological safety in mental health services. International journal of mental health systems, 15(1), 33.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 Psychology CE
  • 2.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Psychology
Course opens: 
06/01/2024
Course expires: 
05/31/2026
Cost:
$9.95

Faculty

Barry M. Crown, Ph.D., J.D.
Psychologist
Baptist, Doctors, Homestead and South Miami Hospitals

Louis T. Gidel, M.D., Ph.D., FCCP
Chief Medical Informatics Officer and
Chief Quality Medical Director of Telehealth
Baptist Health South Florida

Rafael A. Rivas-Vazquez, Psy.D.
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Baptist Hospital 
Baptist Health Quality Network
Baptist Health South Florida 

Yvette A. King-Archer, MSN, R.N., CPPS
Manager, Patient Safety & Regulatory Affairs
Quality & Accreditation Operations Risk Management
Baptist Health South Florida

Elizabeth Greene Taquechel, M.S., R.N., CPPS, CPHQ
Corporate Director, Risk Management 
Baptist Health South Florida

Rafael A. Rivas-Vazquez, Psy.D., faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

Barry M. Crown, Ph.D., J.D., conference director for this educational activity, Louis T. Gidel, M.D., Ph.D., speaker, Yvette A. King-Archer, BSN, R.N., CPPS and Elizabeth Greene Taquechel, M.S., R.N., CPPS, CPHQ, content contributors and all other non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*

*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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Available Credit

  • 2.00 Psychology CE
  • 2.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Psychology

Price

Cost:
$9.95
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Medical Errors: Promoting a Culture of Patient Safety

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Preventing Medical Errors and Promoting Patient Safety (Florida Board of Nursing)

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This course is only intended for Psychologists.