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Safety Culture - Fundamentals of Patient Safety 2024

American Society of Anesthesiologists
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What's in this course?

A comprehensive overview of Safety Culture and how it relates to the Fundamentals of Patient Safety.

Non-Technical Skills

Patient Safety

Target Audience

All members of the anaesthesia care team. 

Varied activities

Lectures, videos, case studies, infographics, assessments. 

Duration

1 hour

Level

Basic

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  • This course offers opportunities for CME/CPD activity.

    SURGhub and the American Society of Anesthesiologists 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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Dr. Ruskin
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Keith J. Ruskin, MD, FASA

Dr. Ruskin is a Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care and Director of Neurosurgical Anesthesia at the University of Chicago. His major academic interests include human performance, aerospace medicine, airway management, and neurosurgical anesthesia. His career has focused on teaching these disciplines to practicing physicians. Keith has worked as part of a team to develop guidelines for screening morbidly obese pilots for obstructive sleep apnea and for the management of in-flight cardiac arrest. He has developed a fatigue risk management program for physicians who must work overnight shifts and recently participated in a NASA workshop on space torpor. Keith has published original research, review articles, and textbooks on management of critical events, neurosurgical anesthesia, and patient safety. Keith serves on the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Patient Safety Editorial Board and Committee on Patient Safety Education. He is also Chair of the Aerospace Medical Association’s Aerospace Human Performance Committee. He holds the titles of Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Keith has had a lifelong interest in aviation and currently holds a Commercial Pilot certificate with Airplane Single-Engine Land and Sea, Multi-Engine Land, and Instrument Airplane ratings. He holds a Second in Command type rating for the DC-3. 

This course is provided by the American Society of Anesthesiologists

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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