Training and Education Overview

PSNet offers an unparalleled set of resources for patient safety training and education. In this section, you will have the opportunity to read WebM&M (Morbidity & Mortality) Spotlight Cases and complete the interactive learning modules for free continuing medical education (CME) and maintenance of certification (MOC) credit. You will also be able to search the PSNet Training Catalog, updated monthly with in-person and online training programs, events, and meetings.

Continuing Education: New Spotlight Cases

Spotlight Case and Commentaries are certified for continuing education through two organizations: University of California, Davis (UCD) or University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Spotlight Case and Commentaries published in November 2019 or later are certified for continuing education through the UCD Health Office of Continuing Medical Education, and any Cases and Commentaries published prior to that date are certified for continuing education through UCSF.

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Spotlight Case

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Lost in Transitions of Care: Managing an Opioid-Dependent Patient with Frequent Hospitalizations

Florence Tan, PharmD, Karnjit Johl, MD and Mariya Kotova, PharmD | September 29, 2021

This case describes multiple emergency department (ED) encounters and hospitalizations experienced by a middle-aged woman with sickle cell crisis and a past history of multiple, long admissions related to her sickle cell disease. The multiple... Read More

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CE/MOC

Dangers of Missing an Epidural Abscess: Multiple Visits and Delayed Diagnosis with a Severely Negative Outcome

Linnea Lantz, DO, Joseph Yoon, MD, and David Barnes, MD, FACEP | September 29, 2021

A 44-year-old man presented to his primary care physician (PCP) with complaints of new onset headache, photophobia, and upper respiratory tract infections. He had a recent history of interferon treatment for Hepatitis C infection and a remote history... Read More

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WebM&M Case Studies

WebM&M (Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Web) features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers. Spotlight Cases include interactive learning modules available for CME (Continuing Medical Education). Commentaries are written by patient safety experts and published monthly. You can contribute by submitting a case study anonymously.

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Coming up for Err – Missed Diagnosis in a Patient with Recurrent Pneumothorax

Narath Carlile, MD, MPH, Soheil El-Chemaly, MD, MPH, and Gordon D. Schiff, MD | August 25, 2021

A 31-year-old woman presented to the ED with worsening shortness of breath and was unexpectedly found to have a moderate-sized left pneumothorax, which was treated via a thoracostomy tube. After additional work-up and computed tomography (CT) imaging... Read More

Sudden Collapse During Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Expect the Unexpected

Minna Wieck, MD | August 25, 2021

A seven-year-old girl with esophageal stenosis underwent upper endoscopy with esophageal dilation under general anesthesia. During the procedure, she was fully monitored with a continuous arterial oxygen saturation probe, heart rate monitors, two... Read More

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Training Catalog

The AHRQ PSNet Training Catalog is an easy to use resource for healthcare professionals across all settings of care and specialties looking for education opportunities to further their knowledge of patient safety practices and principles. Some training opportunities are available as in-person meetings while others are conducted via live or archived webinar. Opportunities are updated on a monthly basis and can be searched by critical fields such as event location, fee, and CE/CME availability. Opportunities are national in scope and identified from not for profit organizations, academic institutions, government agencies, and member associations.

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