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ForwardPA PQC LEARNING SESSION - August 22, 2024
Participants will receive a comprehensive review of the challenges presented by sepsis in pregnancy and the postpartum period, with a focus on strategies to assist healthcare teams with early recognition and effective management principles to reduce sepsis related maternal morbidity and mortality
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. – Top 10 Pearls for the Diagnosis and Management of Maternal Sepsis
with Case Review – Andrea Shields, MD, MS, FACOG, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut and Beverly Tse, MD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut
11:45 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Q&A – Facilitated by Andrea Shields, MD, MS, FACOG and Beverly Tse, MD
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Review diagnostic challenges of sepsis during pregnancy and postpartum
- Discuss tools that assist with the early recognition of maternal sepsis
- Examine management principles that reduce maternal morbidity and mortality from complications of maternal sepsis
- Review case of maternal sepsis and discuss quality improvement considerations
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Agenda PA PQC 8.22 Virtual Meeting.docx | 69.85 KB |
 DRAFT Maternal Sepsis _ PA PQC.pdf | 6.48 MB |
| Management of COI Grid_2022_PA PQC 8.22.2024.pdf | 1.47 MB |
 Disclosure Slides - Mitigation.pptx | 459.59 KB |
Participants will receive a comprehensive review of the challenges presented by sepsis in pregnancy and the postpartum period, with a focus on strategies to assist healthcare teams with early recognition and effective management principles to reduce sepsis related maternal morbidity and mortality
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. – Top 10 Pearls for the Diagnosis and Management of Maternal Sepsis
with Case Review – Andrea Shields, MD, MS, FACOG, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut and Beverly Tse, MD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut
11:45 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Q&A – Facilitated by Andrea Shields, MD, MS, FACOG and Beverly Tse, MD
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN
Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Andrea Shields, MD, MS, FACOG, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut
Beverly Tse, MD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 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 1.0 contact hours.
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
- 1.00 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.
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance