Pre-Congress Programs
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Community Engagement from the Patient and Family Perspective

    This unique program has been developed to provide perspective and ideas in support of engaging communities in patient safety work. The curriculum recognizes the need to educate the general public about patient safety, inform them of the changes being made through this work and provide guidance to community members on how best to partner with their health care providers. Patient and family representatives will serve as faculty, providing a perspective from this important stakeholder group. For community members who attend, the day will provide information they need to return home and be better able to work with their communities’ health care systems, as members of hospital committees, volunteers in health care organizations and advocates for better partnerships.
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Leadership Day

    The 2008 Leadership Day program will focus on the opportunities and barriers that leaders face as they create and lead teams to build a culture of safety. The curriculum will utilize case studies to present specific, successful, and replicable approaches that embed the tenets of a fair and just culture into their organizations.
    This program is specifically designed for executive leaders on the Board, in the C Suite, and in senior and mid level management in recognition that leadership throughout an organization creates and drives the culture to build effective patient safety improvements. Click here for more information.

Patient Safety 101

    The overall purpose of this course is to provide front line, middle management, and top leadership staff who are “new” to patient safety with a solid overview about the background/foundations of patient safety along with, brief introductions to various approaches/techniques for detecting and reducing adverse events, and exposure to nationally recognized patient safety organizations and patient safety resources.
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