Online Continuing Education Courses

Reporting, Root Cause Analysis, What To Do When Things Go Wrong

• Recommend taking Medical Errors 202a and 202b prior to taking this course
• Summarize surgical errors and identify factors that increase the risk of surgical error as well as strategies to prevent them
• Discuss proper reporting of medical errors
• Enumerate the elements that comprise root cause analysis
• Describe strategies patients, providers, systems can use to reduce the risk of medical errors and improve patient health and safety
• Describe what to do when things go wrong