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Continuing education for performance improvement: a creative approach.

Patti-Ann Collins¹, Ilana Hardesty, Julie L White

¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. hardesty@bu.edu

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

|October 12, 2012

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Boston University School of Medicine now awards nursing contact hours for participation in performance improvement activities. This initiative aims to enhance patient safety and healthcare outcomes through continuing medical education.

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Published on: January 17, 2013

Area of Science:

Healthcare Education
Nursing Professional Development
Patient Safety Initiatives

Background:

Continuing medical education (CME) is increasingly focused on performance improvement to enhance patient safety and healthcare outcomes.
Physician practices are a key area for these performance improvement initiatives.
Nursing education needs to align with these efforts to support comprehensive practice enhancement.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe a novel project by Boston University School of Medicine's Continuing Nursing Education Accredited Provider Unit.
To outline the awarding of nursing contact hours for engagement in performance improvement activities.
To highlight the initial implementation and efforts of this nursing education program.

Main Methods:

Development of a creative project to recognize nurses' involvement in performance improvement.
Integration of performance improvement participation into accredited continuing nursing education.
Awarding of nursing contact hours as an incentive and measure of engagement.

Main Results:

Initial efforts in awarding contact hours for performance improvement activities have commenced.
The project aims to bridge the gap between nursing education and practice-based quality improvement.
Early stages indicate a creative approach to nursing professional development.

Conclusions:

Continuing nursing education can be structured to support and reward participation in performance improvement.
This initiative offers a model for other institutions seeking to enhance healthcare quality through nursing engagement.
Awarding contact hours for performance improvement activities represents an innovative step in medical education.