Patient Safety Forums provide an opportunity to come together on key topics in patient safety, to learn, share and exchange best practices and implementation challenges. Forums include a one-hour presentation, followed by 30-minutes of facilitated discussion, and a post-event Maryland Patient Safety Center Learning in Action document.
Patient Safety Forums are open and FREE to MPSC members only and are held virtually 1:00 – 2:30pm EST.
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This presentation will focus on the impact of communication errors on organizations and patient safety. Benefits of standardizing care transition communication on patient safety culture will be described along with key research findings and proven strategies for large scale implementation.
This three-day in-person Six Sigma Green Belt course is designed for healthcare professionals who are interested in process improvement. Participants will develop a sound technical foundation in Six Sigma tools, and will learn and apply the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) improvement method. Each participant will develop a project that demonstrates understanding of the Six Sigma tools. Participants will complete the coursework, project, and exam necessary for Green Belt certification.
MPSC Members: $799 I Non-Members: $1,500
Specimen identification and labeling errors can put patients at risk of transfusion-related death, medication errors, misdiagnosis, and patient mismanagement. This webinar and group discussion is focused on mistakes related to specimen identification and labeling.
Healthcare organizations are constantly evolving because of changes in reimbursement, new technology, regulatory requirements, and staffing levels. These modifications cause policies and procedures to change often, and in most cases, quickly. As a result, it is difficult to maintain consistency in processes and systems, which leads to variation. Often this variation results in increased failure risk. During this full-day, in-person workshop, you will learn root cause analysis techniques to investigate those variances that cause near misses or sentinel events in order to minimize the possibility of future failures and thereby, improve care, treatment, and services provided by your organizations.
MPSC Members: $799 I Non-Members: $1,500
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS®) is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. Maryland Patient Safety Center is offering the Master Training 2-day in-person course with a train-the-trainer approach. This approach educates participants on the TeamSTEPPS® fundamentals content, provides them with resources for training others, and ensures that they gain the knowledge and training required to implement and coach the behaviors needed to achieve positive results. This course is taught by—and produces—Master Trainers.
Registration Requirements
A full team of three individuals is required; partial teams will not be able to register. Registration requires the following information for each of your three or more team members: Name, Organization Name, Address, Phone, Email, Credentials, and position within the organization.
Pre-Work
The pre-work is designed to help you prepare for the 2-day onsite Master Training course. Furthermore, responses from your team’s pre-work will provide the faculty with key insight as to the needs of the class. Completing the pre-work will not only help you garner more from the training but will also help the faculty leverage their resources and expertise to tailor the curriculum to your needs. It is appropriate for your team to work together on this assignment and have one person submit it on the team’s behalf. Instructions on how to upload your pre-work will be forthcoming.
Upon successful completion of the TeamSTEPPS® Master
Training course, attendees will receive a Certificate of Completion
MPSC Members: $349 I Non-Members: $749
*This will be a two-part class: June 3, 2025, In-person at MPSC and June 4, 2025, Virtual
MPSC operates a listserv for healthcare professionals with an interest in patient safety. The listserv offers a network for shared and experiential learning and is used by MPSC to share upcoming events and information specific to safety in this specialty. MPSC members may use the listserv to pose questions to the group in order to garner feedback, solutions, and gain consensus on topics related to quality care delivery, adverse events, and general patient safety policies and procedures. Please contact mpsc@marylandpatientsafety.org to be enrolled.