Quality and Safety for Leaders in Women's Health Care

The Westin Georgetown, Washington, DC

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Health care providers selected to serve as leaders of their respective departments or other practice settings may not possess the skills necessary to assume these positions. This course is designed to provide current and future leaders in hospital departments, managed care organizations, or private practice settings with the critical performance improvement and management tools necessary to meet the myriad responsibilities and challenges confronting them. After attending this course, participants should be able to:

• Identify the major trends in health care quality improvement, organization, and management, and how they impact women’s health care.
• Assess the clinical and legal significance of medical errors in clinical practice, and adopt strategies to improve patient safety.
• Delineate the chairperson’s role in and the legal implications of credentialing, privileging, and dealing with difficult physicians.
• Describe practical tools and methods to improve clinical performance, and apply these tools to problems in clinical practice.
• Utilize principles of evidence-based practice to evaluate the strength of clinical evidence, adopt evidence-based guidelines, and improve clinical outcomes.
• Identify core principles of advanced management skills including team building and cultural change, ethics, communication, and negotiation and conflict management.

 
FEES:
ACOG Fellows and Junior Fellows in practice: $750 on or before 2/22/13 or $850 after 2/22/13
ACOG Life Fellows, Junior Fellow residents or subspecialty fellows, Educational Affiliates, and Associate Members: $400; verification required for the lower fee
Nurse leaders attending the course as part of their hospital team, including an ACOG Fellow, will also be charged: $400
Others: $950
On-site registration (subject to availability) is an additional $100
 

Please note that course registration is limited to ensure active participation and personalized instruction. There has been a waiting list for this course in the past.

To register via fax or mail click here to view and print out the registration information.