Join us for Unpacking Quality and Safety Models to understand patient quality and safety. Learn about a framework that fosters excellence in patient care. Gain knowledge of its internal, external, and organizational dimensions, and equip yourself with tools to provide optimal care and to inform your learner/trainee education experience.

Learning Objectives: 

• Participants will recognize the components of key definitions outlined by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that define Patient Quality and Safety. 

• Participants will gain awareness of a prominent patient quality and safety operational model .

• Participants will identify key components of internal, external, and organizational dimensions of patient quality and safety as defined by CMS.
  
  Badging and CE Credit: 

• If you complete all three sessions, you are eligible to receive:

  • Intermediate Badge: Patient Quality and Safety for Optimal Patient Outcomes
  •  VCU CE Credits: 0.3 (these CE credits are distributed from the University CE office only) 
     

• If you complete all three sessions and submit a proposal for a measurable project to improve quality and safety in your department (with the support of your chair), and your proposal is approved, you are eligible to receive:

  • Advanced Badge: Patient Quality and Safety for Optimal Patient Outcomes

  • The office will provide program support ($500) to up to three approved proposals to help implement and evaluate the project