This two-hour course will fulfill the CE requirement for Florida licensed health professionals in understanding the scope and prevention of medical errors. Upon completion of the course participants will understand techniques to enhance patient safety and identify specific areas where clinical medical errors occur in physical and mental health practice.

Options for taking the course.

• Watch presentation online, read it online, or print it out to read at home. 

• Take quiz and evaluation online, or print out and fax, or mail.

• Pay before or after completing the course.

• Receive CE Certificate within about one hour.

• Credits posted on CE Broker.

CEBroker Approvals  for Florida health professionals.

• Licensed Mental Health Professionals (490 & 491 Boards)

• Registered Dietician/Nutritionists

• School Psychologists

• Physical Therapists and PT Assistants

• Midwifery

• Electrologists

You may want to watch or read a brief news story on the topic involving Dennis Quaid's twins. Watch CBS 60 Minutes News Story on Medical Errors  (12 min)

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GOALS

At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Describe root cause analysis of medical errors

• Describe error reduction techniques

• Define three way to improve patient safety

• Identify common medical errors in counseling practice

1. Competency

2. Culture Bound Syndromes/Misdiagnosis

3. Suicidal assessment

4. Domestic Violence

5. Elder Abuse