Event Description

This program is a virtual event that you can attend at home or at your office. Live synchronous sessions will be recorded and available until the end of the course access

Overview:

The Advanced Practices in Quality Management and Patient Safety is a training program to develop skills and competencies for the health care quality professional. The curriculum is built on evidence-based standards and leading practices in quality, safety, and improvement. The program is designed and delivered by Joint Commission International expert faculty who have decades of clinical, leadership, and management experience. This internationally recognized course has been delivered to over 3,500 participants from more than 40 countries.

The Advanced Practices Program applies adult learning principles to create an engaging, meaningful learning experience.  This includes utilizing self-paced digital learning modules, case-based scenarios, and team activities.  The course is delivered virtually through a robust learning management system and includes:

• 10 weeks of learning with a blend of online classes sessions and self-paced learning
• Five modules that ‘chunk’ the information into easily managed content
• Individual assessments through feedback and knowledge checks

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, you will be able to:

• Design a quality program
• Reduce risk of harm to patients
• Lead improvement projects
• Manage data
• Build on accreditation to improve quality

To learn more about these components of quality - which are the core of the curriculum - read the JCI white paper, House of Quality": A Blueprint For Quality.

What You Will Receive:

• Registration includes a complimentary digital copy of Fundamentals of Improvement: A Guide to Improving Your Patients’ Care, 4th Edition. This is a best selling guide authored by Joint Commission and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
• Downloadable tools and templates

Who Should Attend:

This program is directed at health care professionals (with clinical or non-clinical backgrounds) seeking to improve their knowledge, skills, and abilities in quality. It is recommended, but not required, that candidates have two years of experience in the health care quality field.

• Quality professionals
• Patient safety professionals
• Accreditation professionals
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Directors and Managers
• Risk Managers

Agenda

Agenda:  Detailed agenda forthcoming

Faculty:  To be determined

Program Dates and Times:

• The Advanced Practices Program is ten weeks in duration
• Live synchronous class sessions will be conducted in 2-hour blocks, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of selected weeks

Total duration: 60 hours

*United States and Europe observe Daylight Savings Time

Continuing Education

We recommend that you check your country's regulations to make sure these credits will be acceptable for your license/certification renewal.

Summary of Continuing Education contact hours awarded for this program:

• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME): 30 CME Credit(s).
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): 30 CE

Learn more about continuing education below.

Read more about Continuing Education

Note: The exact number of CEUs earned depends on the format and the number of hours in the program. Each program is evaluated separately and the CEU values of some will differ from the values listed above.

JCI Account Assistance

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