Buckle Up: Navigating Safety in Healthcare Ethically

Friday, July 14, 2023, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, Volney Richmond Auditorium, Seattle, WA

Healthcare of today focuses on safety. This course explores the ethical lens of physical, emotional and psychological safety, and what it can mean in the context of patient care. We unpack our obligations in conversations prone to nudging, and explore tensions between safety at the bedside, patient centered care and our justice and social support systems. A panel will discuss the tension in obligations to our patients and ourselves during a disaster, like an active shooter incident, and explore the concern of abandonment.

The case presentations will include small group breakout sessions followed by large group debriefs. The small groups will be facilitated by Bioethics Committee members and will invite patient family partners to join the discussions. Participants will gain hands-on experiences as they think through cases and leave with practical tools to apply in their everyday patient care encounters.

Teaching methods include lecture, Q&A with faculty, panel discussions, case presentations, case discussions with Audience Response System, small group discussions, simulation and the voice of the patient.

1. Differentiate levels of influence and force, from nudging to coercion
2. Discuss the implications and approach to leaving patients during a hospital disaster
3. Evaluate safety concerns in patients without decision making capacity
4. Integrate practical strategies to restore safety at the bedside
5. Describe the role of a mandatory reporter and the processes of Adult Protective Services

You have the choice to register to attend this course in person or participate via livestream:

$195.00 - In Person, includes box lunch
$170.00 - Livestream - link will be provided

Online registration will be open through Wednesday, July 12, 2023. For registration assistance, call the CME department at 206.341.0142.

The Virginia Mason Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Virginia Mason Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (6.50 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (6.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.50 hours)

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Virginia Mason Medical Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing 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 (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Friday, July 14, 2023