Introduction to Patient Safety Education for Physicians
This page is a resource for quality and safety education topics that are appropriate for physicians, fellows, resident physicians, and advanced practice providers. These course offerings will give the learner information on quality, patient safety basics, and targeted clinical areas for improvement.
UPMC Patient Safety Introduction for Resident Physicians has moved to HR Direct Learning. Please contact your Program Director or Administrator for additional information.
UPMC Patient Safety Introduction for Physicians
This series of courses is designed to introduce the learner to key clinical topics that can greatly affect patient safety and quality outcomes. Each module provides a national and local perspective of the topic followed by information regarding best practice, tools available, and processes in place to guide the safest possible patient outcomes.
Adult Patient Population Course Registration
Learn more about each course offering and register using the links below
Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) and Safe Central Line Removal
Indwelling Urinary Catheter Safety and Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)
Pediatric Patient Population Course Registration
Learn more about each course offering and register using the links below
Pediatric Central Line Safety and Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
Pediatric Urinary Catheter Safety and Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
Identification of In-Hospital Adverse Events and Evaluation Through Root Cause Analysis
This course was designed to provide education on the identification, reporting, and evaluation of in-hospital patient safety events.
Through your participation in the three online interactive modules that make up this course, you will actively learn:
- Definitions of patient safety events and elements to include in quality patient safety event reporting;
- An introduction to root cause analysis as a tool in the evaluation of patient safety events;
- And how this information translates into a real-life adverse event through exposure to a simulated root cause analysis