Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education  Web Site
 

The Patient
Safety Imperative

Monday & Tuesday
October 25 - 26, 2004
   The Marriott Copley Place
   Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Dr. {LAST_NAME},

As you may know, patient safety has emerged as a major public health and professional practice issue in recent years. This course offers a comprehensive review and update of the latest information and best practices for ensuring patient safety.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

  • Understand the patient and provider experience of
    medical error

  • Apply human factors principles to prevent medical errors

  • Understand alternative methods for identifying errors
    and injuries

  • Develop strategies for improving patient safety in one’s
    own practice

Please visit www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/safety for additional
details, course descriptions, program schedule and registration
information.

We hope you will join us. Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues.

Sincerely,

Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD
David W. Bates, MD, MSc
Course Directors
 

 
14.5 CME Credits


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