PATIENT SAFETY

Interprofessional Communication

A comprehensive guide to effective team communication and Crisis Resource Management
(CRM) to reduce error and improve clinical safety.
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  • Shareable Certificate
  • Expert discussion

Course description 

This course provides a comprehensive overview of Interprofessional Communication and how it relates to the Fundamentals of Patient Safety.

Fundamentals of Patient Safety 2024 provides a comprehensive overview of the Fundamentals of Patient Safety presented on seven key topic areas. Each topic is divided into mini-sections with a mobile-friendly interface. It provides healthcare professionals with the history, scope, and impact of adverse events and explains the key areas that affect overall patient safety. The course also addresses the systems approach to error analysis and mitigation. Learners can apply this knowledge in their clinical practice to reduce patient harm.
Reviewed by SURGhub, July 2025

This course is provided by:

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  • Specialty: Anaesthesia, Non-Technical Skills
  • Subspecialty: Understanding Error & Non-Technical Skills in Surgery, Communication Skills, Teamwork & Decision-Making, Quality and Process Improvement in Surgery, Patient Safety in Surgical Care
  • Target audience:All perioperative team members.
  • Level: Basic
  • Language: English
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Learning objectives

  • Explain the importance of communication skills and crew or crisis resource management (often abbreviated as “CRM”) training for interactions with medical team members during the perioperative period
  • Identify barriers to communication including authority gradients
  • Identify critical team communication events during the perioperative period and tools to use to breakdown communication barriers
  • Apply techniques and tools to combat communication barriers during briefs, time outs, debriefs, and handoffs between healthcare professionals

Course structure 

  • This ASA course offers opportunities for CME/CPD activity.

SURGhub and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) do not award CME credits directly. It is the responsibility of the individual participant to determine eligibility for CME/CPD credit through a locally-accredited provider. Participants are responsible for downloading and presenting the certificate of completion to a local accrediting body to claim self-directed CME/CPD credits.

Learners can record time spent on each tutorial and claim for CPD credit that corresponds with the extent of their participation.
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Course author

Dr. Alexander Arriaga, MD, MPH, ScD

Dr. Arriaga is an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Anaesthesiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He holds degrees from Columbia University, Cornell University Medical School, and Master of Public Health and Doctor of Science degrees from Harvard University. He completed his anaesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital with Distinction in Research. Dr. Arriaga has over thirty co-authored publications, including a first-author study in the New England Journal of Medicine and three first-author studies in the Annals of Surgery. He serves on the Patient Safety Editorial Board for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. His academic interests focus on crisis management, patient safety, and quality improvement in surgery and anaesthesiology.
Dr Alexander Arriaga

Dr. Alexander Arriaga, MD, MPH, ScD

Anesthesiologist
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School

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ASA® is the leading anesthesiology professional society with more than 55,000 members globally. Since its founding in 1905, the Society raises and maintains the standard of the practice of anesthesiology through education, advocacy and quality improvement by focusing on patient care and safety. ASA is dedicated to helping physician anesthesiologists and their care teams provide the highest quality of care in a patient-centered, physician led environment.

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