Human Factors Workshop: A Systems Approach to Patient Safety

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 8:00 AM - Friday, October 20, 2023, 1:00 PM,  1920 N. Highland Street Arlington, VA 22201, Arlington, VA


Human Factors is a multi-disciplinary science that focuses on understanding the interaction among humans and other elements of a system within a given environment. Applying human factors to healthcare reduces medical errors and allows clinicians to deliver better patient care. Human factors boosts work processes, enhances patient safety, reduces inefficiencies, and improves quality. As healthcare delivery becomes increasingly more complex, human factors engineering has proven to be a powerful approach for proactively reducing harm. MedStar Health is proud to offer this workshop which brings together leaders across the system including human factors engineers, risk management professionals, practicing clinicians, and healthcare safety leaders with vast experience studying risk and implementing innovative change within healthcare organizations. The workshop will include onsite simulation and a networking reception.

1. Describe core principles of safety science and human factors, and discuss how these principles can be applied to healthcare.
2. Identify the standard methodologies and tools for evaluating safety events, technologies, and processes.
3. Recognize the primary, secondary, and tertiary model of safety.
4. Demonstrate human factors principles with hands on examples.
5. Define the socio-technical systems model.
6. Summarize how work-system elements interact to create safe/unsafe conditions.
7. Explain the need for system solutions to support the way humans work, minimize the opportunity for error, and empower teams to deliver high-quality care.
8. Apply human factors concepts to identify system hazards and develop solutions for safer care delivery systems.
9. Evaluate how to use and implement innovative tools and techniques to support a human factors engineering approach in healthcare.
10. Support knowledge on how to apply safety science and human factors to safety event reviews.
11. Evaluate skills and knowledge on technologies during the procurement process.

 General Registration (September 9 - October 19, 2023): $895.00

In support of improving patient care, MedStar Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

 

Credit Designation

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 11.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

 

 

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Credit:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 11.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

MOC/CC Participation Threshold: Learner participates by writing a reflective statement and makes a commitment to change or maintain an element of practice.

 

Physicians: MedStar Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Nurses: This activity is approved for 11.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacists: This activity is approved for 11.25 contact hours. This learning activity is knowledge-based. The Universal Activity Number for this program is UAN# JA4008151-0000-23-050-L05-P.

Physician Assistants: 

MedStar Health has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 11.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Physician (11.25 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (11.25 hours), IPCE (11.25 hours), Non-Physician Member of the Healthcare Team (11.25 hours), Nurse - ANCC (11.25 hours), Pharmacist - ACPE (11.25 hours), Physician Assistant - AAPA (11.25 hours)

The registration form for this activity is currently unavailable.

   Lyon Village Community House (LVCH)
   1920 N. Highland Street
   Arlington, VA 22201

   Parking Information:
   Off-street parking is available for up to sixteen (16) cars in the LVCH parking lot.
   Additional street parking can be found on 20th Street and on N. Highland Street.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

MedStar Health adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.