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ForwardPA PQC - Sepsis Event Patient Debriefs - December 11, 2025 - JHF
Participants will learn about the role of sepsis event debriefs for the clinical team and affected patients, including tactics and strategies for effective debriefs. Participants will also hear a lived experience perspective on patient debriefs after a sepsis event.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:03 a.m. – Welcome – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:03 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – CMQCC Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstetric Sepsis, V2.0 Toolkit (2025): Overview and The Why– Christa Walczak, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE, Clinical Lead, CMQCC, Stanford Medicine
- Broad overview of the new toolkit and why behind it
1:10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Supportive Communication After a Severe Maternal Event – Kayleigh Summers, LCSW, PMH-C, Licensed Therapist, The Birth Trauma Mama
11:30 a.m. to 11:47 a.m. – Sepsis Event Debriefs – Christa Walczak, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE, Clinical Lead, CMQCC, Stanford Medicine
11:47 a.m. to 11:57 a.m. – Question & Answer – facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:57 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
• Describe and recognize the role of sepsis event debriefs for clinical teams
• Recognize the “why” of patient lived experience voice in sepsis event debrief tools
Additional Information
Participants will learn about the role of sepsis event debriefs for the clinical team and affected patients, including tactics and strategies for effective debriefs. Participants will also hear a lived experience perspective on patient debriefs after a sepsis event.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:03 a.m. – Welcome – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:03 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – CMQCC Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstetric Sepsis, V2.0 Toolkit (2025): Overview and The Why– Christa Walczak, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE, Clinical Lead, CMQCC, Stanford Medicine
- Broad overview of the new toolkit and why behind it
1:10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Supportive Communication After a Severe Maternal Event – Kayleigh Summers, LCSW, PMH-C, Licensed Therapist, The Birth Trauma Mama
11:30 a.m. to 11:47 a.m. – Sepsis Event Debriefs – Christa Walczak, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE, Clinical Lead, CMQCC, Stanford Medicine
11:47 a.m. to 11:57 a.m. – Question & Answer – facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:57 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Christa Walczak, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE, Clinical Lead, CMQCC, Stanford Medical
Kayleigh Summers, LCSW, PMH-C, Licensed Therapist, The Birth Trauma Mama
Kristen Brenneman, MSN, PA PQC QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Lisa Boyd, PA PQC Data Manager and QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
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.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work 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