Surgical Patient Safety Course 2018

Surgical Patient Safety Course 2018 is organized by American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and will be held during Jun 29 - 30, 2018 at Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Anesthesiologists, Cardiac Surgeons, Clinical Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Perfusionists, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses and others on the Cardiothoracic Surgical Team. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Improving patient care remains a constant mission for all members of the surgical team. The AATS Surgical Patient Safety Course has been designed to promote a culture of safety and reduce preventable patient harm by engaging, educating and equipping members of the cardiothoracic surgical team in the multidimensional approach to patient safety. The course will provide attendees with the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes about patient safety that can improve care in the present and future.

Course Objectives are : -
• Use a non-technical skills taxonomy to assess behavior in a simulated video scenario
• Recognize the challenges and limitations of Human Factors approaches to improving patient safety in cardiothoracic surgical care
• Identify common causes of and factors associated with medical errors in surgery
• Develop mechanisms to collate and analyze error causation
• Implement effective communication tools between and within teams, e.g. preoperative briefings, postoperative debriefings, and hand-offs

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.