Quality Improvement Essentials for Infection Prevention and Stewardship Teams
Webcast
6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ ...OVERVIEW
Quality Improvement Essentials for Infection Prevention and Stewardship Teams is organized by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
Course opens: 06/20/2024
Course expires: 12/31/2025
Description:
Quality improvement techniques are a systematic way of approaching a problem to standardize improvement efforts. There are multiple approaches to quality improvement that can be applied in the healthcare setting. This virtual workshop will provide an introduction to several of those techniques, including The Model for Improvement (Plan Do Study Act), Six Sigma, and Lean, and then delve deeper into how they can be practically applied to problems in Infection Prevention and Antibiotic Stewardship.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, the learner will be able to:
- Describe commonly used methodologies for quality improvement.
- Apply quality improvement methods to an issue in Infection Prevention and/or Antibiotic Stewardship
- Identify appropriate stakeholders and engage multi-disciplinary team members to perform quality improvement work
- Incorporate appropriate metrics to measure progress and ensure sustainability of quality improvement initiatives.
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
Accreditation Statements:
In support of improving patient care, The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 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.
Physicians:
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC Recognition Statement:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to Joint Accreditation for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
By submitting a claim for ABIM MOC, you hereby give SHEA permission to share individual physician participation information with ABIM through JA PARS.
Nurses:
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 CNE credit. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacists:
CPE Accreditation Statement for Pharmacists:
SHEA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number for this program is UAN JA0006047-0000-24-008-L05-P. This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 6 live CPE contact hours (6 CEUs) in states that recognize ACPE providers.
Upon completion of this ACPE-approved activity, participants will receive 6 credits on their NABP e-Profile section of the CPE Monitor. It is the participant's responsibility to upload the correct NABP number and date of birth when submitting your evaluation. The deadline for completing the evaluation for the live CE session is October 25, 2024. SHEA will upload all SHEA Spring CPE credits to NABP CPE Monitor accounts within 30 days of completion for the live CE session.
Available Credit:
• 6.00 ABIM MOC
• 6.00 ACPE Pharmacy
• 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
• 6.00 Nursing Contact Hours
• 6.00 Participation
TARGET AUDIENCE
PhysicianPharmacistPhysician AssistantNursesNurse PractitionersFellowsSPECIALITIES
Quality ManagementInfectious DiseaseEpidemiology
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