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Patient Safety Modules
Course Description
Electives – Earn Additional CME Credits
[Fundamentals of Patient Safety]
Patient safety Modules
ASA’s Patient Safety Modules provide elective content to satisfy the Patient Safety CME component of the ABA’s MOCA requirements. The modules use multimedia and case-based instruction to cover patient safety topics from the anesthesiologist’s perspective.
CME Credit: Varies from 0.50 to 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Earn up to 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.
Activity Release Date: Varies for each module
Activity Expiration Date: Varies for each module

- MRI Advisory, Member price: $15.00, Non-member price: $30.00
- Medication Safety & Drug Errors, Member price: $7.50, Non-member price: $15.00
- Cardiac Arrest and Spinal Anesthesia, Member price: $5.00, Non-member price: $10.00
- Cardiac Tamponade , Member price: $5.00, Non-member price: $10.00
- Drug Errors in Anesthesia, Member price: $7.50, Non-member price: $15.00
- Extravasation of Intravenously Administered Drugs, Member price: $5.00, Non-member price: $10.00
- Infection Control (Patient Safety), Member price: $7.50, Non-member price: $15.00
- Intraoperative Awareness , Member price: $5.00, Non-member price: $10.00
- Old Equipment, Member price: $10.00, Non-member price: $20.00
- Operating Room Fires, Member price: $5.00, Non-member price: $10.00
- Smoking Cessation in Surgical Patients: How to Help Your Patients Quit and Why It's Important , Member price: $10.00, Non-member price: $20.00
- Wake-up Call: Managing Undiagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Member price: $10.00, Non-member price: $20.00
- Infection Control for Anesthesia Professionals, Member price: $50.00, Non-member price: $65.00
Learning Objectives:
Vary with each module
Faculty & Credentials:
Editorial Board
- Letitia Jane Easdown, M.D.
- Markus G. Klass, M.D., Ph.D
- Lorri A. Lee, M.D.
- David P. Martin, M.D., Ph.D (Chair)
- William T. O'Byrne, M.D.
- Richard C. Prielipp, M.D, M.B.A., FCCM
- Tetsu Butch Uejima, M.D., CPHRM
Core Competencies:
Patient care or patient-centered careTarget Audience:
Practicing anesthesiologists
Method:
Each module contains a downloadable MP3 audio file and a downloadable PDF file. When a module is completed, learners will be directed to a brief quiz and evaluation.
Required Hardware / Software:
Internet connection, Adobe Acrobat Reader
