Patient Safety Toolbox: Using Quality Improvement and Safety Science to Eliminate Pregnancy-Related Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities

Format: Live video webinars with ample opportunities for Q&A discussion with multi-disciplinary faculty. The course will be recorded for those unable to attend the live sessions.

Cost: $25

Audience: Obstetrician-gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists, midwives, family nurse practitioners, women’s health nurse practitioners, nurses, hospital safety and quality staff, and administrators who are involved in implementing maternal safety and quality improvement at their hospitals to eliminate health disparities. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: This course expires on 5/31/2025. You will need to have completed the course by this date to receive your CME and 5/6/2025 to receive your CNE 

Accreditation and Designation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). GLC is jointly accredited by the American Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) designates this online course activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence, Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible company. GLC mitigates all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs.

Faculty 

C. Andrew Combs, MD, Obstetrix, San Jose, CA – Employer: Mednax National Medical Group; Ownership Interest: Mednax Shares

Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos, EdD, MSN, WHNP-BC, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ – Consulting Fees: Merck, trained trainer

Catherine Eppes, MD, Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies, Austin, TX –Research: CMS Maternal Opioid Misuse Model

The below faculty have no financial disclosures to report.

Christie Allen, MSN, RN, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC

Lauren Arrington, DNP, CNM, Georgetown University and University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, Washington, DC

Allison Bryant, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Brigham Health System, Boston, MA

Christina Davidson, MD, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX

Rose Horton, MSM, RN, Emory Decatur Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Patricia Lee King, PhD, MSW, Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative, Chicago, IL

Christian Pettker, MD, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Trashaun Powell, Volunteer with Preeclampsia Foundation and MoMMA’s Voices Patient Advocate, New Jersey

Nicole Purnell, Program Director of MoMMA’S Voices Coalition, TX

Jennifer Villavicencio, MD, MPP, FACOG, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC

Release Date: 5/13/2022

CME Expiration Date: 5/31/2025

CNE Expiration Date: 5/6/2025