Activity ID
7899Expires
May 9, 2027Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
1Fee
$150CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Many studies show using a surgical safety checklist improves surgical outcomes. In one survey of clinicians, over 90% of respondents said they would want a checklist used if they were undergoing surgery. However, researchers have recently identified poor checklist compliance as a problem. How can surgical teams better use the checklist as a vigorous patient safety and risk management tool? This activity presents some strategies to bolster the checklist’s effectiveness.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Anesthesiology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Evaluate how your attitude about using the surgical safety checklist relates to checklist compliance.
2. Appraise checklist compliance in your facility and by your surgical team.
3. If there are barriers to checklist compliance in your facility or on your team, plan and implement one action that will improve checklist effectiveness.
Keywords
Patient Safety, Surgical Checklist, checklist compliance, barriers to checklist
Competencies
Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
