Wolff UPMC Advanced Quality Education Series (AQES) Day 6 10.3.24

October 3, 2024

Target Audience

Nurse

Nurse Practitioner

Pharmacist

Physician

Physician Assistant

Learning Objectives

Understand basic principles of data analysis and how they apply to the forms of data that come from health care systems. 

Summarize and assess the health of a group of people and how it relates to understanding the importance of standardization and limitations of risk adjustment and prediction.

Distinguish between binary, ordinal, and continuous health outcomes, including “gold standard: vs. “practical” health outcomes.

Compare and contrast primary design features and strengths and limitations of experimental versus observational epidemiological studies.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.75 AAPA Category I CME
  • 2.75 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.
    • 2.75 Patient Safety/Risk Management
  • 2.75 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.75 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/02/2024
Course expires: 
12/27/2024
Event starts: 
10/03/2024 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/03/2024 - 12:00pm EDT

Wolff Advanced Quality Education Series Session 6 – 10.3.24

Session 6 Agenda – October 3, 2024

9:00 – 9:02 am                Introduction: Stephanie Knoch

9:02 – 9:45 am                Maintaining the Gains - How to Interpret Data to Advance Quality

                                           Improvement

                                           Mark Roberts, MD, MMP

                                           Director, Public Health Dynamics Lab, Physician, and Dept of Health               

                                           Policy and Management Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh

9:45 – 10:45 am              Individual Project Report Outs - (9 min each)

10:45 – 10:55 am            Break

10:55 – 11:55 am            Measurement of Health Outcomes & Observational Versus Experimental

                                           Studies: Kevin E. Kip, Ph.D., FAAAS, FAHA

Vice President of Clinical Analytics | UPMC Health Services Division

11:55 – 12:00 pm            Closing: Stephanie Knoch

Disclaimer Statement

The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.

Teams
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Kevin E. Kip, Ph.D., FAAAS, FAHA, Vice President of Clinical Analytics | UPMC Health Services Division

Mark Roberts, MD, MMP, Director, Public Health Dynamics Lab, Physician, and Dept of Health Policy and Management Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh

Faculty Disclosure

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

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 2.75 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 2.75 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 2.75 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.

This activity has been designated as and qualifies for Patient Safety-Risk Management Credit.

Available Credit

  • 2.75 AAPA Category I CME
  • 2.75 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.
    • 2.75 Patient Safety/Risk Management
  • 2.75 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.75 Attendance
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