The Fundamentals of Patient Safety: An APSEB Update for 2021

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Article| October 2021 The Fundamentals of Patient Safety: An APSEB Update for 2021 L. Jane Easdown, MD, MHPE, FRCPC L. Jane Easdown, MD, MHPE, FRCPC Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 14–17. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000795068.83306.e5 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation L. Jane Easdown; The Fundamentals of Patient Safety: An APSEB Update for 2021. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:14–17 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000795068.83306.e5 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search The ASA Patient Safety Editorial Board (APSEB) is pleased to announce the newest version of the course Fundamentals of Patient Safety (FPS), which was made available on the ASA website in September 2021. APSEB was created in 2007 to produce patient safety educational material for members wishing to fulfill patient safety credits, which were newly introduced by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) for maintenance of competency. The first course was Fundamentals of Patient Safety, a 10-hour introduction to the basic concepts of managing critical events as systems failures. The course has been updated several times to improve content, modernize the visuals and audio, and increase the degree of interactive learning. The objective of the FPS course is to orient the learner to the fundamental concepts of medical errors and their mitigation through a systems approach. The course begins with the epidemiology of medical errors and the history of anesthesia's... You do not currently have access to this content.