Practice-based Learning & Improvement

Orthopedic Surgery MOC Question Bank

A question bank for Orthopedic Physicians provides up-to-date questions and explanations with answers. The full-length practice exam is a means to judge one’s overall preparedness and a way to compare with their peers to estimate what their score might be…

Leveraging the Clinical Team

As health care reform grants access to millions of new patients, nurse practitioners and physician assistants will play an increasingly vital role in the delivery of high quality care. Will you be ready to build and lead a high-performing interdisciplinary…

Leading and Managing Strategic Change

The key to surviving and thriving as a physician leader is your ability to lead and manage strategic innovation and change. You’ll understand the difference between a compelling vision and a “burning platform” and be able to make the case…

IHI Open School – Triple Aim for Populations: Improving Health Equity

This three-lesson course will explore health disparities – what they are, why they occur, and how you can help reduce them in your local setting. After discussing the current (and alarming) picture in lesson 1, we’ll dive into Lesson 2…

Anesthesia Handoff Communication

Handoffs in anesthesiology are very variable and can easily lead to errors, complications and even deaths. This CME module will define the parameters important for safe anesthesia handoffs. Anesthesiologists and CRNAs will understand the different checklists and mnemonics that can…

ED Handoff Communications

The ED is an error-prone environment, and is perhaps the most handoff-intense setting in all of healthcare. While sign-out is a point where error may be introduced, it is also a point where error may be caught and corrected. Standardized…

Medical Error Prevention, Analysis, and Common Areas

According to the Institute of Medicine Report, there is substantial evidence that 1 in every 10 diagnoses is wrong. To improve the quality of healthcare and patient safety, physicians should know the causes of medical errors (cognitive, system-related, overconfidence) how…