ABMS® Patient Safety Courses
ABMS offers three self-paced, Web-based courses that provide patient safety and quality improvement curriculum applicable to physicians, residents and medical students. (See Overview and Options for details.) Participants learn essential knowledge, skills and attitudes about patient safety that can improve care in clinical environments. The program aligns with key initiatives, including The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.
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Integrate the program with quality improvement initiatives to improve delivery of safe and effective patient care; recognize program completion by physicians with special designations, incentives, P4P.
Provide foundation-level patient safety training developed by recognized leaders as integral part of education process.
Reduce potential exposure by providing physicians with a comprehensive patient safety and quality improvement program.
Reduce error risks by using the program to address patient safety at a systems level. Demonstrate commitment to patient safety by providing comprehensive program to physicians; align with Joint Commission, IHI, AHA initiatives.
Provide a new option for continuing medical education in this key area. |
Three course options are available: |
- The ABMS Patient Safety Improvement Program combines online patient safety education, quality improvement education and performance improvement activities that focus on identifying and analyzing errors, determining improvements based on best practices and implementing changes. Results are measured and benchmarked against national standards.
- ABMS Patient Safety Foundations provides core curriculum sections covering Epidemiology, Systems, Communications, and Safety Culture.
- ABMS Quality Improvement in Practice provides Quality Improvement Fundamentals and Improvement Activities (change packages) that introduce changes the individual physician can make in his / her own practice setting. Results are measured and benchmarked against national standards.
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ABMS Patient Safety
Improvement Program |
ABMS Patient Safety
Foundations |
ABMS Quality Improvement
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| Core Curriculum Sections (Epidemiology, Systems, Communication, Safety Culture) |
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| Quality Improvement Fundamentals |
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| Performance Improvement Activities |
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| AMA PRA Category 1 Credit |
201 |
2.52 |
201 |
| ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) |
Part IV3 |
Part II3 |
Part IV3 |
1 Based on AMA PRA Category 1 Guidelines for Performance Improvement Activities
2 Based on AMA PRA Category 1 Guidelines for Enduring Activities
3 Based on individual ABMS Member Board requirements |
Organizational Pricing: Contact a Business Development Representative.
Individual physicians may enroll in the ABMS Patient Safety Improvement Program by following these steps:
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Register: Click [First time student click here to register], set up user id and password
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Select "Catalog" tab, type ABMS in the search window, click [Search]
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Select course title and complete course enrollment process
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The ABMS Patient Safety Improvement Program is available for $55 and grants 20 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Completion may also satisfy ABMS MOC requirements based on your Member Board's requirements. Please consult your Member Board's Web site for additional information.
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