Wolff - Organizational Readiness and How to Make Change Stick (AQES) 2.6.24

February 6, 2024

Target Audience

(Physician)

(Nursing)

(Physician Assistant)

Learning Objectives

Discuss organizational readiness concepts 

  • Identify the components of the Framework for Clinical Excellence 
  • Understand the anatomy of healthcare systems and how that relates to safety and reliability 
  • Utilize organization readiness outcomes to assess barriers to success within a project  
     
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/05/2024
Course expires: 
06/28/2024
Event starts: 
02/06/2024 - 8:00am EST
Event ends: 
02/06/2024 - 12:00pm EST

AQES Session 1 Agenda: February 6, 2024 (8am -12pm)

8:00 – 8:02 am                   Welcome and Announcements:

                                            Stephanie Knoch, MS Ed, Improvement Specialist, Wolff Center at UPMC

8:02 – 8:10 am                   Opening Remarks: Tami Minnier, MSN, RN, FACHE, FAAN

                                            Senior Vice President, Health Services Division

                                            and Chief Quality and Operational Excellence Officer, UPMC

8:10 – 11:40 am                Organizational Readiness and How to Make Change Stick:

                                            Keynote Speaker – Michael Leonard, MD

                                            Executive Principal, Vizient Safe & Reliable Healthcare and Adjunct Professor

                                           of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine Faculty, Institute for                               

                                           Healthcare Improvement – Critical Care, Transforming Care at the Bedside,                                      

                                           United Kingdom Safer Patients Initiative, Patient Safety Scotland, IHI Open                         

                                            School, Executive Patient Safety Officer Course

11:40 – 11:50 am            Closing Remarks: Paul Phrampus, MD

                                           Medical Director, Wolff Center at UPMC

                                           Medical Director, Patient Safety, UPMC Health System

                                           Director, Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER)

                                           Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology                        

                                           University of Pittsburgh and UPMC

11:50 – 12:00 pm           Wrap up: Stephanie Knoch

Day 1 Learning Objectives: 

  • Discuss organizational readiness concepts 
  • Identify the components of the Framework for Clinical Excellence 
  • Understand the anatomy of healthcare systems and how that relates to safety and reliability 
  • Utilize organization readiness outcomes to assess barriers to success within a project  

Tami Minnier, MSN, RN, FACHE, FAAN, Senior Vice President, Health Services Division and Chief Quality and Operational Excellence Officer, UPMC

Michael Leonard, MD
Executive Principal, Vizient Safe & Reliable Healthcare and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine Faculty, Institute for                               
Healthcare Improvement – Critical Care, Transforming Care at the Bedside, United Kingdom Safer Patients Initiative, Patient Safety Scotland, IHI Open School, Executive Patient Safety Officer Course

Paul Phrampus, MD
 Medical Director, Wolff Center at UPMC Medical Director, Patient Safety, UPMC Health System Director, Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER) Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC

Stephanie Knoch, MS Ed, Improvement Specialist, Wolff Center at UPMC

Accreditation and credit designation
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh School designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.0 contact hours.

Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh 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 4.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.  
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
 

Available Credit

  • 4.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.00 Attendance
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