title: Enhancing Patient Safety in Pediatric Primary Care: Implementing a Patient Safety Curriculum.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We developed and implemented a patient safety (PS) curriculum targeted at clinicians and nonclinical office practice staff within a large primary care pediatric network.
  
  
  METHODS
  Curricular content was informed by medical literature, local PS experts, and malpractice claims data. Sessions were centered on illustrative closed malpractice cases or informed by identified safety events. Participants provided subjective responses to the postsession evaluations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Invited participants from 12 practices included both clinical and nonclinical practice staff (up to 24 attendees per session). Participants reported that they were confident in their knowledge and skills. Several participants engaged in improvement projects that included active surveillance of high-risk patients, improvements in referral and test result management processes, and the distribution of patient educational materials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We successfully developed and implemented a multifaceted PS curriculum for pediatric providers. Participants enjoyed the sessions and several engaged in new PS projects as a result of the program.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's, Brookline, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Ian.Zenlea@trilliumhealthpartners.ca.
authors.forename: Ian S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Zenlea
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's, Brookline, MA, USA Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Elene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scheff
authors.affiliation: Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szeidler
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Anjala
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tess
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's, Brookline, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santangelo
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's, Brookline, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Focht
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D061214:Patient Safety; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation
keywords: continuing education; patient safety; pediatrics; primary care; quality improvement