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Medical (Behavioral Healthcare Practice) Errors

4 CE Hours
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About the Course

This course is intended to provide important concepts and strategies that are crucial to the prevention of errors within the behavioral healthcare practice of psychologists, counselors, social workers and other behavioral health professionals.

This course may be taken once per renewal cycle.

This course is based on the article, National Patient Safety Goals created by the Joint Commission in 2019 and the article Sentinel Events created by CAMBHC in 2017.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2008 revised 2019

Course Material Author

Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityAHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityAHRQ, among other Institutes of Health, along with contributions from CE Learning Systems staff.

Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityAHRQ authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

David Michael Smith

Dr. Michael Smith has been practicing social work nearly 30 years in a variety of settings. He has served as an item writer, exam reviewer, and content reviewer for social work licensure examinations for the Association of Social Work Boards since 2003. He has also served as Chair of the Alabama State Board of Social Work. Michael’s education includes a Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Social Work, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Alabama. Michael also earned the Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Walden University. He is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and holds a Private Independent Practitioner certificate (PIP) with endorsements in clinical social work, social work administration, social work research, social casework, and community organization.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about patient safety and ways to reduce practice errors. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Explain ways organization systems can help reduce errors.
  2. 2 Discuss Florida's mandated requirements for error reduction.
  3. 3 Provide 5 examples of potential medical errors within behavioral healthcare practice.
  4. 4 Describe the process for Root Cause Analysis.
  5. 5 Describe the JCAHO's mandatory goals for patient safety.
  6. 6 Discuss Sentinel Events and JCAHO's requirements.
  7. 7 Identify major causes of medical errors (practice errors).
  8. 8 Explain why giving attention to medical errors is important.
  9. 9 Describe how personal qualities impact on practice errors.

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

David Michael Smith – No relevant financial relationships.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

4 CE Hours
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Course 101522

Availability

This course is available until Dec 30th, 2028.

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