Live (Zoom)Event:
Introduction to Safety Practices for Acupuncturists, Safety Leads, and Program Managers
Quality Assurance, Quality Improvement Processes, Patient Safety, and Workplace Safety
How they relate to the healthcare system-based LAc clinician and acupuncture program manager
🎉The course has now (12/06/2024) been approved by NCCAOM for 2.0 Safety category PDAs (continuing education credits). 🎉
What this is
This is a presentation + community discussion from SOHHA/HHP's Safety Practices Workgroup. It will be hosted live on Zoom.
🎉The course is approved by NCCAOM for 2.0 Safety category PDAs (continuing education credits). 🎉
Saturday, December 7th, 2024 (12/7/2024)
If you are working in healthcare system-based practice OR private practice, this is an introduction to this major topic with time for community discussion.
This presentation is an introduction to safety-in-practice categories and subtopics. So, it is recommended for all levels and roles related to LAcs in clinical practice. (students, private practice clinicians, healthcare system-based LAcs & program admin.)
The presentation is geared toward those working in healthcare systems, particularly those interested in "High-Reliability Organizations (HROs)”. However, all topics covered have some relevance to any clinical setting.
Presenters from SOHHA’s Safety Practices Workgroup
Megan Kingsley Gale, SOHHA founder and board member and past director, The Hospital Handbook Project (HHP) for Acupuncturists and Their Hospital Sponsors
Paul Magee, SOHHA founder and board member, LAc clinician at Allina Health, Minnesota
Ryan Davenport, SOHHA board member, senior acupuncturist at Edward Elmhurst, Chicago area, Ilinois
Format for this session
Presentation by Safety in Practice workgroup members followed by community discussion and Q&A time.
Scheduled for a 2.0 hour period.
Who can attend?
While the content in this presentation was written for the audience of healthcare system-based LAcs, program managers, and their safety leads, this live, virtual event is also open to acupuncture students & educators, private practice LAcs, and those interested in working in the U.S. healthcare system setting.
How to attend?
Ticketing and event access is available through our community platform.
First, subscribe to our community discussion platform. Choose an option. Options include: Tier 1, Tier 1 + “Issues in Hospital-based Practice”, and Tier 2 (all the bells & whistles)
After you’ve joined the community platform hosted on Mighty Networks, go to the event page for Saturday, 12/07/2024, in the Safety Topics category. This is available to all subscribers. Follow the link to REGISTER for the event on this page.
All platform subscription options get you access to the live event. But if you want access to any recordings we may produce (recordings not guaranteed because of how common tech issues can be), learn more below…
To access both the live event and post-event materials, choose either
Tier 1 + “Issues in Hospital-Based Practice” webinar series subscription OR
Tier 2 subscription
What is our Safety Practices workgroup?
This workgroup looks at safety, accountability, and transparency issues affecting LAcs working in healthcare system-based practice. This includes quality assurance, quality improvement processes, patient safety, and workplace safety. Some of these issues and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are evergreen, and some are new topics in the healthcare field. Identifying the categories, topics, and related resources is essential to successfully working in the healthcare system setting.
With an increased focus on safety, accountability, and transparency in the new High-Reliability Organization (HRO) healthcare model, there has been an increased emphasis on identifying and understanding these issues. And how to develop processes around these issues that help you and your team improve over time. (This is part of the model of continuous learning & continuous improvement that we encourage at SOHHA/HHP.)
With the HRO model, safety/accountability/transparency are tied in with (a) leadership skills on individual and organizational levels and (b) organizational culture.
Topics covered in the Presentation aka Goals/Objectives related to this Educational Event
The Safety Practices Workgroup public presentation covers:
Review what SOHHA’s Safety Practices for LAcs Workgroup is and its goals
Identify the categories of topics and resources in Safety, Accountability, and Transparency that affect and apply to licensed acupuncturists (LAcs) working in the U.S. healthcare system
Build language and awareness of the safety-related topics and policies you already engage in and those you may not have been aware of prior to this presentation
Share current resources available or identified on these topics so far
Share example(s) of how safety practices apply to documentation (clinical SOAP and program policies)
Interested in viewing recordings of past presentations from the Safety Practices Workgroup?
How to attend
The live event is no-extra-cost to current platform subscribers.
If you are already a community discussion platform subscriber, sign in to the platform and go directly to this internal event page. It will have all the info and links for how to register and join the event.
Not yet on our community discussion platform and want to attend?
Join the Community Discussion platform. Choose which subscription is a best fit for you:
Tier 1 subscription
Tier 1 + Issues in Hospital-Based Practice Webinar Series subscription
Tier 2 subscription (all the bells and whistles)
Go to the internal event page for this 12/7/07/2024 and follow the links to register and join us at the presentation.
Rules of Etiquette
This virtual presentation will be a public event. Anyone who registers for the event and respects the speaker(s) and the setting is welcome to attend. The event host reserves the right to dismiss any guest who is disrespectful without a refund at any time.
Frequently Asked Questions 🤔
How do I access the recording(s)?
Caveats:
Recordings of live events are never guaranteed because of the variability with technology, glitches, etc., with live virtual events.
However, we plan to record our presentations. If the recording is successful, I will post an update about it in our email newsletter.
Will CEUs/PDAs be available?
YES.
As of 12/06/2024, NCCAOM has approved this live (synchronous) virtual course for 2.0 Safety Category PDAs (continuing education credits).
However, to be eligible to be awarded the PDAs, you must follow the rules of attendance. Details will be given during the presentation.
We would like to offer continuing education credits for more of our events. However, applying for and offering PDAs/CEUs is an added outgoing expense for our nonprofit. Please help us reach (and exceed!) our annual funding goals so we can offer continuing education credits for this and other events in the future. Thank you!
Want to do more? You can do any of the following to help us reach our goal of covering our basic operating costs:
Join the community discussion platform as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 subscriber
Encourage colleagues to buy a ticket to any of our education events, such as this one
Encourage colleagues, your workplace, and your alma mater to donate to or sponsor our nonprofit’s work
As of spring 2023, The Hospital Handbook Project for Acupuncturists and Their Hospital Sponsors is a program of the Society of Hospital & Healthcare System-Based Acupuncturists, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Tax ID # 92-3035973
P.S.
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