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5th Annual Excellence in Patient Safety Conference
“We are Building a Safer Culture ... Through an Interdisciplinary Approach”

Friday, June 6, 2008

Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts
Florida Community College at Jacksonville, South Campus
11901 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32246

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Purpose

With the goal of promoting exceptional patient outcomes, the conference will take a multidisciplinary approach and provide information about practices to significantly improve patient safety and quality in healthcare.

Who Should Attend

• Faculty - All healthcare disciplines
• Nursing Leaders and Administrators
• Quality/Risk Managers
• Health Information Managers
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Educators - All healthcare disciplines
• Respiratory Therapists
• Professional Nurses - All specialties
• Physical Therapists
• Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
• Surgical Technologists
• Dental Hygienists
• Radiography Technicians
• Emergency Medical Technicians
• Paramedics
• Students - All health care professions

Conference Objectives

Conference participants will be able to:

1. Facilitate the development of techniques that support a culture of continuous quality improvement in hospitals and other healthcare organizations
2. implement HIPAA practices to improve patient safety
3. reduce the risks of healthcare acquired infections
4. describe factors affecting patient safety, the role of evidenced-based design methodology, and tools to improve patient safety
5. identify legal implications surrounding patient safety
6. evaluate new tools designed for reducing medication errors
7. integrate patient safety into the curriculum for all healthcare disciplines
8. review lessons learned from an organizational crisis

This program is approved for six contact hours for all nurses through the Florida Board of Nursing and through the professional board of regulation for all other disciplines (provider number 50-704), of which two hours meet the biennial requirements for Prevention of Medical Error.

Conference Steering Committee

Name	Title
Dr. Barbara Darby	President, North Campus
Dr. Brenda Simmons	Executive Dean, North Campus
Dr. Neal Henning	Dean of Workforce Development, North Campus
Deborah Brabham	Instructional Program Manager, Nursing Related Programs
Carlond Gray	Program Office Coordinator
Gray Matthews	Career Workforce Education Coordinator, North Campus
Jacquelyn Barrett	Professor of Nursing
John Salazar	Professor of Respiratory Care

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Exhibit and Sponsorship Information

Highlights from prior conferences

• 2007 conference
• 2006 conference
• 2005 conference
• 2004 conference