Series Description

To improve patient safety by allowing healthcare professionals to practice critical skills and teamwork in their actual clinical environment, identifying potential system flaws, and enhancing response to high-risk situations, all while utilizing familiar equipment and procedures within the emergency department.

Target Audience for the Activity

Nurses

Pharmacists

Physicians

Social Workers

Learning Objectives:

Learning Objective 1: Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of high-risk situations and errors leading to serious safety events in a pediatric hospital.

Learning Objective 2: Apply communication techniques known to decrease errors in a high-risk situation.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Children’s National Hospital. Children’s National Hospital 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.  Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider# 4008362 

Credit Designation

ANCC: Children’s National Hospital designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 LIVE ANCC contact hours. 

ACCME: Children’s National Hospital designates this live/enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

APCE: Children’s National Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program meets ACPE criteria for 1.0 contact hours. 

ASWB: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Children’s National Hospital is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 general continuing education credits.  

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

The planning committee and presenters have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 

Acknowledgement of Financial and In-Kind Commercial Support 

No financial or in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.