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Today is the last day to save 50% on medical errors online CE – don’t miss out!

Medical Errors Online CEU Event

Sale ends June 18, 2015.

Professional Development Resources is approved to offer continuing education by the American Psychological Association (APA); the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA); the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; the Florida Boards of Social Work, Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology & School Psychology, Dietetics & Nutrition, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational Therapy Practice; the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board; the South CarolinaBoard of Professional Counselors & MFTs; and by the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists and State Board of Social Worker Examiners.

All courses are reported to CE Broker within one week of completion.

Preventing Medical Errors in Behavioral Health is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that satisfies the medical errors requirement of Florida psychologists, counselors, social workers and MFTs.

Preventing Medical Errors in Speech-Language Pathology is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that satisfies the medical errors requirement for license renewal of Florida speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Preventing Medical Errors & Improving Patient Safety is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. This course satisfies the medical errors requirement for license renewal of Florida occupational therapists and other allied health care professionals.

Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that addresses the impact of medical errors in the practice of nutrition and dietetics.

Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition and Dietetics is a 2-hour online video course that meets the Florida requirement that dietitians and nutritionists complete a course on the prevention of medical errors each renewal.

Medical Errors Online CEU Sale

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Save 50% on medical errors online CE courses during our Medical Errors Online CEU Sale – one week only! Required for license renewal of all Florida licensees.

Medical Errors Online CEU Event

Sale ends June 18, 2015.

Professional Development Resources is approved to offer continuing education by the American Psychological Association (APA); the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA); the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; the Florida Boards of Social Work, Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology & School Psychology, Dietetics & Nutrition, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational Therapy Practice; the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board; the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs; and by the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists and State Board of Social Worker Examiners.

All courses are reported to CE Broker within one week of completion.

Preventing Medical Errors in Behavioral Health is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that satisfies the medical errors requirement of Florida psychologists, counselors, social workers and MFTs.

Preventing Medical Errors in Speech-Language Pathology is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that satisfies the medical errors requirement for license renewal of Florida speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Preventing Medical Errors & Improving Patient Safety is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. This course satisfies the medical errors requirement for license renewal of Florida occupational therapists and other allied health care professionals.

Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that addresses the impact of medical errors in the practice of nutrition and dietetics.

Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition and Dietetics is a 2-hour online video course that meets the Florida requirement that dietitians and nutritionists complete a course on the prevention of medical errors each renewal.

Evidence-Based Practice: Science and Pseudoscience

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Evidence-Based Practice: Science and PseudoscienceFortunately, patients as well as professionals are increasingly holding clinicians responsible for the evidence base that supports their practice. This serves to intensify the requirement that professionals keep themselves up-to-date on treatments that are being offered, both those that are supported by scientific evidence and those that are not. In an article published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Finn et al. (2005) offer a tutorial describing 10 criteria that may help clinicians distinguish between scientific and pseudoscientific treatment claims and is applicable to most health care professions.

Pseudoscience refers to claims that appear to be based on the scientific method but are not. The ten criteria for distinguishing between scientific and pseudoscientific treatment claims are:

  1. Untestable: Is the treatment unable to be tested or disproved?
  2. Unchanged: Does the treatment approach remain unchanged even in the face of contradictory evidence?
  3. Confirming Evidence: Is the rationale for the treatment approach based only on confirming evidence, with disconfirming evidence ignored or minimized?
  4. Anecdotal Evidence: Does the evidence in support of the treatment rely on personal experience and anecdotal accounts?
  5. Inadequate Evidence: Are the treatment claims incommensurate with the level of evidence needed to support those claims?
  6. Avoiding Peer Review: Are treatment claims unsupported by evidence that has undergone critical scrutiny?
  7. Disconnected: Is the treatment approach disconnected from well-established scientific models or paradigms?
  8. New Terms: Is the treatment described by terms that appear to be scientific but upon further examination are found not to be scientific at all?
  9. Grandiose Outcomes: Is the treatment approach based on grandiose claims or poorly specified outcomes?
  10. Holistic: Is the treatment claimed to make sense only within a vaguely described holistic framework?

 

Finn et al. (2005) emphasize that it is possible for clinicians to determine the validity of a new treatment claim and to understand the arguments about a controversial treatment. They must:

  • First, be skeptical of success rate claims that are not supported by acceptable levels of scientific research or evidence. If a treatment is, in fact, ineffective, there is a cost to both the clients who did not benefit and to the professional (and profession) whose image may be tarnished.
  • Second, resist adopting any treatment approach that is presented first to the public, rather than through established scientific channels. Bypassing scientific scrutiny is a serious issue because the media rarely raise the kinds of critical questions that scientists are trained to ask.
  • Third, be wary about trusting their clinical experience as the sole basis for determining the validity of a treatment claim. Experience is a teacher. Neither clinical experience nor client report, however, serves as adequate protection against errors of bias and judgment.
  • Fourth, keep in mind their responsibilities to clients, other professionals, and the public. It is each professional’s responsibility to determine whether a treatment claim is pseudoscientific and therefore should not serve as the basis for clinical practice, or scientific and therefore should serve as a basis for a well-supported clinical practice.


Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that addresses the impact of medical errors in the practice of nutrition and dietetics offered by Professional Development Resources, a CPE Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR #PR001) and a provider with the Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition (#50-1635).

 

Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics – New Video CE Course

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By Catherine Christie, PhD; Susan Mitchell, PhD

We now offer a new way for Florida-licensed dietitians and nutritionists to meet the medical errors renewal requirement – VIDEO! Imagine attending a live seminar at a time, location and dress code that works best for you. That is exactly what this video CE course allows you to do!

Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & DieteticsPreventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics is a new video-based CE course presented by Dr. Susan Mitchell and Dr. Cathy Christie, filmed during the 2014 FAND Annual Symposium. It addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety in the practice of nutrition and dietetics. Real life stories, national healthcare safety trends, reporting of sentinel events, complying with HIPAA privacy and security rules, telehealth practices, and caring communication techniques are addressed. Printable hand-outs, a glossary and online resources are provided. This course satisfies the requirements of the Florida State Legislature mandating a 2-hour medical errors course for health professionals. This course satisfies the Florida requirement that all licensed dietitians and nutritionists complete a 2-hour course on medical errors during each license renewal period. Course #20-86 | 2014 | 112 minute video | 15 posttest questions

This online video course provides instant access to the course video, course handout and CE test. The course is available 24/7 from any computer, tablet or smart phone, providing the easiest way yet to earn CE. Successful completion of the online CE test (80% required to pass, 3 chances to take) and course evaluation are required to earn a certificate of completion. You can print the test (download test from My Courses tab of your account) and mark your answers on it while viewing the video. Then submit online when ready to receive credit.

Professional Development Resources is a CPE Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR #PR001). CPE accreditation does not constitute endorsement by CDR of provider programs or materials. Professional Development Resources is also a provider with the Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition (#50-1635).

 

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This course addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. It satisfies the requirements of the Florida State Legislature mandating a 2-hour course relating to the prevention of medical errors as part of the licensure and renewal process for health professionals. Course #20-63 | 2011 | 30 pages | 14 posttest questions

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Preventing Medical Errors in Behavioral Health is intended to increase clinicians’ awareness of the types of errors that can occur within mental health practice, how such errors damage clients, and numerous ways they can be prevented. Its emphasis is on areas within mental health practice that carry the potential for “medical” errors. Examples include improper diagnosis, breach of confidentiality, failure to maintain accurate clinical records, failure to comply with mandatory abuse reporting laws, inadequate assessment of potential for violence, and the failure to detect medical conditions presenting as psychiatric disorders (or vice-versa). It includes detailed plans for error reduction and prevention like root cause analysis, habitual attention to patient safety, and ethical and legal guidelines. The course includes numerous cases illustrations to help demonstrate common and not-so-common behavioral health errors and specific practices that can help clinicians become proactive in preventing them. * This course satisfies the ethics requirement for biennial relicensure for Florida mental health professionals. Course #20-64 | 2010 | 31 pages | 15 posttest questions

Preventing Medical Errors in Speech-Language Pathology addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. Multiple scenarios of real and potential errors in the practice of speech-language pathology are included, along with recommended strategies for preventing them. Evidence shows that the most effective error prevention occurs when a partnership exists among care facilities, health care professionals, and the patients they treat. Suggested strategies for preventing errors address all three elements: (1) models for changing the culture in care facilities, (2) lifelong learning for SLPs that is focused on ethical, evidence-based, culturally competent practice and (3) tools for educating and empowering patients. * This course satisfies the medical errors requirement for biennial relicensure for Florida speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Course #20-66 | 2010 | 33 pages | 16 posttest questions

Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety in the practice of nutrition and dietetics. Real life stories, ethical considerations, health literacy and growing health consumerism are addressed. Also included are tips for distinguishing scientific from pseudoscientific treatment claims and for improving communication with patients. Printable hand-outs, a glossary and online resources are provided. * This course satisfies the requirements of the Florida State Legislature mandating a 2-hour course relating to the prevention of medical errors as part of the licensure and renewal process for health professionals. Course #20-65 | 2011 | 30 pages | 15 posttest questions

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Professional Development Resources is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046); the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC#5590); the American Psychological Association (APA); the National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC #000279); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR #PR001); the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA #AAUM); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA #3159); and various state licensing boards.

20% Off Nutritious CE in Celebration of National Nutrition Month

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National Nutrition Month CE PromoProfessional Development Resources is proud to join the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics during March in celebrating National Nutrition Month®. This year’s National Nutrition Month theme is “Get Your Plate in Shape” and encourages consumers to remember to include a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and dairy on their plates every day.

Professional Development Resources is offering 20% off all nutrition-related continuing education courses in celebration of National Nutrition Month. To apply the discount, enter coupon code NNM2012 during checkout at www.pdresources.org. Coupon expires 3/31/2012.

Nutrition-Related Online CE Courses:

Professional Development Resourcesis recognized as a provider of continuing education by the following:
* AOTA: American Occupational Therapy Association (#3159)
APA: American Psychological Association
* ASHA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (AAUM)
ASWB: Association of Social Work Boards (#1046)
CDR: Commission on Dietetic Registration (#PR001)
NBCC: National Board for Certified Counselors (#5590)
NAADAC: National Association of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors (#00279)
California: Board of Behavioral Sciences (#PCE1625)
Florida: Boards of SW, MFT & MHC (#BAP346); Psychology & School Psychology (#50-1635); Dietetics & Nutrition (#50-1635); Occupational Therapy Practice (#34). PDResources is CE Broker compliant.
Illinois: DPR for Social Work (#159-00531)
* Ohio: Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board (#RCST100501)
South Carolina: Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs (#193)
Texas: Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists (#114) and Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678)
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Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics

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Preventing Medical Errors in Nutrition & Dietetics

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Course Abstract:

This new online continuing education course addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety in the practice of nutrition and dietetics. Real life stories, ethical considerations, health literacy and growing health consumerism are addressed. Also included are tips for distinguishing scientific from pseudoscientific treatment claims and for improving communication with patients. Printable hand-outs, a glossary and online resources are provided. This course satisfies the requirements of the Florida State Legislature mandating a 2-hour course relating to the prevention of medical errors as part of the licensure and renewal process for health professionals. Course #20-10RD | 2011 | 31 pages | 15 posttest questions

 

Learning Objectives:

1. List 3 potential medical errors in the practice of nutrition and dietetics
2. Describe the process of identifying and analyzing an error to prevent reoccurrence
3. Distinguish between an ethics code violation and a medical error
4. Identify 5 strategies you can use to prevent medical errors in your own practice
5. Name 10 strategies patients can use to improve their own safety in medical care

 

About the Author(s):

Susan Mitchell, PhD, RD, LD/N, FADA, is co-author along with Dr. Christie of three books, Fat is Not Your Fate, I’d Kill for a Cookie, and Eat to Stay Young. She serves as the nutrition expert for ThirdAge.com. Dr. Mitchell is a contributing author to Macmillan Reference USA’s Guide to World Nutrition and Health and has been an expert witness in medical malpractice cases. A Registered Dietitian, Certified Nutrition Specialist and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association, Dr. Mitchell earned her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee and taught nutrition and health science at the University of Central Florida for over 8 years. 

Catherine Christie, PhD, RD, LD/N, FADA, is co-author along with Dr. Mitchell of three books, Fat is Not Your Fate, I’d Kill for a Cookie, and Eat to Stay Young. A Licensed Nutritionist, Certified Nutrition Specialist and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association, she earned her Ph.D. from Florida State University. Dr. Christie is Nutrition Program Director and MSH/Dietetic Internship Director at the University of North Florida. In her 17 years of clinical practice, Dr. Christie consulted with many facilities and individuals in all areas of medical nutrition therapy. She has given over 1000 seminars to health professionals across the country.

Accreditation Statement:

Professional Development Resources is a CPE Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR #PR001). CPE accreditation does not constitute endorsement by CDR of provider programs or materials. Professional Development Resources is also a provider with the Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition (#50-1635).