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…
In this one-lesson course, we’ll introduce you to patient and family shadowing, a valuable exercise for health professions students and health care professionals at any stage of their career. You’ll learn five steps for using shadowing to better empathize with…
What does it mean to treat patients and families with dignity and respect? It means that health care providers listen to and honor patient and family perspectives and choices. Providers incorporate patient and family knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural background…
The relationship between patient and provider is changing. Many health care systems aim to provide not only high-quality services, but also patient-centered care that advances the unique health goals of each person and family. In this course, you’ll learn about…
With the rise of social media as a preferred communication platform, every industry has become a target of negative reviews. The rise in websites that facilitate negative commentary has proliferated. Unfortunately, negative comments are often divisive, angry, and can feel…
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…
Chronic Kidney Disease is of high prevalence, increases with age, and is a great burden at end-stage. Patient outcomes are known to be significantly improved with early identification and intervention, but CKD remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. There are numerous barriers…
Discussing adverse medical events with patient and family is perhaps the most difficult conversation physicians will undertake. Too often, physicians postpone, delegate or avoid these difficult conversations. Prompt, empathic communication initiated by the physician is the best way to safeguard…
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…
The CDC estimates that almost 50,000 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections occur each year, approximately 1.2 million people in the U.S. are infected with the virus, and approximately 20% of those people infected are unaware of their…
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