September 7, 2017 Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has agreed to jointly provide the continuing education activity listed below. This decision is taken upon review and acceptance of the application submitted to PIM, and the subsequent development and review of content. Patient Safety Professional Program: Pre-work Credit Types: AMA, ACPE, ANCC, ADA, and IACET Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Defense Health Agency Patient Safety Program Activity Information The goal of the Patient Safety Professional Program: Pre-work is to provide entry-level Patient Safety Managers (PSMs) with the competencies needed for their first year on the job. General topic areas include Patient Safety, Quality, Process Improvement, Change Management, and Risk Management. The Patient Safety Professional Program: Pre-work covers a wide range of topics structured around four main topic areas: Systems thinking, human factors, and high reliability principles and strategies Basic principles of performance improvement and measurement Identification, mitigation, and reporting of risk Leadership and change management Release date: 10-23-2017 Expiration date: 06-29-2018 Estimated time to complete activity: 6 hours To participate in this online activity, you will need the following type of hardware and software: Computer with Internet connection and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 or above required to run course. Course is compliant with Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and includes text captioning for audio components. Target Audience This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, radiologists, dentists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nurses-lvn/lpn, med techs, corpsmen, medics/technicians (EKG/radiologists/labs/pharmacy), dental assistants/hygienists/technicians, health administrators, and other allied health professionals involved in the care of patients within the military health system.
Content Planners/Faculty Heidi King, MS, FACHE, Defense Health Agency, Section Chief, Patient Safety Program, Clinical Support Division, Activity Director, Reviewer - ACHE Dr. Barry Cohen, MD, Defense Health Agency, Director of Clinical Quality and Safety, Clinical Support Division, Medical Review Mike Datena, RPh, MPA, Defense Health Agency, Program Analyst, Patient Safety Program, Clinical Support Division; Subject Matter Expert, Reviewer Karen Massetti Miller, MA, CPLP, Booz Allen Hamilton, Instructional Designer, Course Manager Educational Objectives After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to: Recognize a variety of resources, including elearning courses, websites, and publications, offering information on standards and evidence-based practices related to patient safety Fulfill their roles and responsibilities as PS Profs within their military treatment facilities Recognize how their department relates to other departments within their facility Physician Continuing Medical Education This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Defense Health Agency Patient Safety Program. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Continuing Pharmacy Education Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 6.0 contact hours (0.6 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. (Universal Activity Number - 0809-9999-17-808-H05-P) (Universal Activity Number - 0809-9999-17-808-H05-T) Type of Activity Knowledge 2
Continuing Nursing Education The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 6 contact hours is provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine. Dental Continuing Education This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint providership efforts between Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Defense Health Agency Patient Safety Program. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of the credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE Provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at www.ada.org/cerp. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this activity for 6 continuing education credits. International Association for Continuing Education and Training Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is authorized by IACET to offer 0.6 CEUs for this program. Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest. Faculty, Planners, and Managers The PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP, Judi Smelker-Mitchek, MBA, MSN, RN, and Jan Schultz, MSN, RN, CHCP have nothing to disclose. The Defense Health Agency Patient Safety Program faculty, planning staff, and content managers for this activity have no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report. Disclosure of Unlabeled Use This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. 3
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Disclaimer Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. Media Internet Fee Information There is no fee for this educational activity. Method of Participation and Request for Credit During the accreditation period, participants must read the learning objectives, faculty disclosures and study the educational activity. If you wish to receive acknowledgment for participation of this CME/CE activity, you must complete the following: Bring the completed pre-work packet with you to the Patient Safety Professional Program: Core Content class. By the second day of the Patient Safety Professional Program: Core Content class, you will receive an email with a link to the pre-work post-test and evaluation form. Complete the post-test and evaluation online within 10 days of the activity. Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 75% or better and the activity evaluation, your certificate will be made available via email. For Pharmacists: Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 75% or better and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 4 weeks. AVAILABLE CME/CE CREDITS AND MANDATORY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH AMA PRA: Offered by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Continuing Medical Education AMA PRA Category 1 Credits is available if you are a Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), Physician s Assistant (PA), or Nurse Practitioner (NP). You must certify at the time of registration that you are an MD, DO, PA, or NP to earn this type of CE credit. ACPE: Offered by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), this credit is available to Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. In order to earn ACPE contact hours, we are required by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) and ACPE to collect both your NABP number and date of birth in MM/DD format. You must enter it at the time of registration to receive credit. You CANNOT use an organization/mtf NABP number, it must be 4
YOUR number. If you do not have an NABP number, please go to https://store.nabp.net/oa_html/xxnabpibegbllogin.jsp and sign up for this six digit number. If you do not provide information, you will not earn credit. Please note, due to ACPE guidelines, all credits provided by ACPE-accredited providers to Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians will be available via CPE Monitor (https://store.nabp.net/oa_html/xxnabpibegbllogin.jsp). If participants would like a paper statement of credit, they may print an individual statement of credit or a transcript from their NABP e-profile. ANCC CNE: Offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credit is available to Nurses and Nurse Practitioners. ADA CERP: Offered by the American Dental Association, Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP) credit is available to Dentists and Dental Technicians. Non-Physician Medical Staff: Offered by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), this designates AMA PRA Category 1 Credits to medical professionals who are not physicians, including Chiropractors, Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), etc. IACET CEU: Offered by the International Association for Continuing Education & Training (IACET), this non-specific Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is available to any attendee who is an allied health professional and may not be eligible for any of the other continuing education credits offered above. Please note, CEUs are calculated differently that other CE types. One CEU equals onetenth contact hour of participation where other CEs earn one unit per contact hour. 5