Prior Institutional Healthcare Principles in Practice Series
Each year the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga sponsors an Institutional Core Curriculum. Until July 2023, it was called our Healthcare Principles in Practice Series (HPP). 2022-2023 Academic Year sessions returned to in-person sessions conducted in Probasco Auditorium (Ground Floor, Erlanger Medical Mall). The Zoom platform was used for those who could not attend in person.
The purpose of the HPP Series is to augment overall Resident and Fellow Graduate Medical Education in areas that are applicable to all disciplines and specialties. These HPP sessions were usually held the 2nd Tuesday of each month (Noon - 1 pm ET) and focus on general, broad-based topics such as those relating to Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Well-Being, Professionalism, Sleep and Fatigue Mitigation, Prescribing, Substance Abuse, etc. Most sessions are recorded with permission from the speakers and uploaded to the UTHSC College of Medicine Chattanooga YouTube Channel. AMA Category 1 CME Credit was available for faculty who attended either the live session or live Zoom. All Faculty, Residents, Fellows, and Students are encouraged to attend HPP sessions; however, all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year Residents and Fellows are required to attend or view the recording at a later time. Links are emailed to Program Coordinators once available.
Tue, July 12, 2022 (Noon - 1 pm ET)
[Quality Improvement/Patient Safety] Topic: "DNV, ISO 9001, and You."
Speaker: Jeffrey Bennett, MD, MBOE, Division Chief, General Pediatrics (Children's Hospital at Erlanger); and Director of Quality - CLER (UT College of Medicine
- Chattanooga)
Presentation Slides as PDF
Recording on the UTHSC College of Medicine Chattanooga YouTube Channel
Tue, August 8, 2022 (Noon - 1 pm ET)
[Quality Improvement/Patient Safety] Topic: "Adverse Event Reporting -- eSafe, and Root Cause Analysis [RCA]"
Speaker: Adam Campbell, PhD, Erlanger Vice President for Quality Improvement and
Patient Safety
Presentation Slides as PDF.
Recording on the UTHSC College of Medicine Chattanooga YouTube Channel
Tue, September 13, 2022, (Noon - 1 pm ET)
[Well-Being and Suicide Prevention Month] Topic: "Reducing the Stigma of Behavioral Health Questions for Medical Licensing
in Tennessee"
Speaker: Samantha McLerran, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician, on behalf of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners
October 10 and 11th, 2022 -- Special Mandatory Malpractice/Prescribing Sessions*
All Residents and Fellows were required to attend one of the three sessions provided
by The University of Tennessee and State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company or view
the recording at a later time.
This two-hour session was offered at three distinct times and co-sponsored by State
Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company (SVMIC).
[Patient Safety/Quality Topic] “Maximizing Patient Safety While Minimizing the Risk of Prescribing Controlled Drugs”
Speaker: Rebecca M. Donald, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine:
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- Monday, October 10, 2022, 6 – 8 pm ET
- Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 9 – 11 am ET
- Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 1 – 3 pm ET
Faculty and other physicians who attended were eligible for a 10% premium discount if they had malpractice insurance through SVMIC.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Noon – 1 pm ET [Well-Being Topic: “Sexual Harassment and Professional Behavior”
Speaker: Michael Alston, EdD, CCDP/AP, Associate Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Equity, and
Diversity for UTHSC.
Key target audience for this session was for Residents, Fellows, and Medical/PA Students.
Two additional sessions on this same topic were presented by Dr. Alston and were designated
as required Sexual Harassment Training for UT Paid Faculty, including Chairs, Program
Directors, Clerkship Directors, and other Core Faculty (all faculty were invited):
Tue, Nov 8, 2022, 5 – 6 pm, in Probasco Auditorium; and
Wed, Nov 9, 2022, 7 – 8 am, in the UT Family Practice Center Conference Room.
No Session for December 13, 2022.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023, Noon – 1 pm ET [Well-Being Topic: “Empathy & Compassion – including the Erlanger Standards of Behavior.”
Speakers: Wendy Burns, Erlanger/Children’s Child Life Specialist and Family Advisor; and Marcia Collyer, RN, MA, CPXP, Erlanger Director, Patient Experience, Quality, Safety,
and Service Excellence]
Tuesday, February 14, 2023, Noon – 1 pm ET [Patient Safety and Quality Topic as well as Well-Being: “Sleep Alertness & Fatigue Education in Residency (SAFER).”
Speaker: Jigme Sethi, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Medicine, and Director of
the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Medicine including Sleep Disorders]
No Session for March 14, 2023.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Noon – 1 pm ET [Patient Safety/Quality Topic: “Health Disparities – Erlanger’s Patient Experience Data including information from
the Quality Oversight Committee (QOC)”
Speaker: Adam Campbell, PhD, Erlanger Vice President for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Tuesday, May 9, 2023, Noon – 1 pm ET [Well-Being Topic: “Resident Town Hall”
Speaker: Mukta Panda, MD, Assistant Dean, Well-Being and Medical Student Education (Moderator]
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, Noon – 1 pm ET [Patient Safety/Quality Topic: “Erlanger's Data Driven Strategic Planning -- Organizational Awareness & How Data
Drives Our Decisions.”
Speaker: Adam Campbell, PhD, Erlanger Vice President for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety]
All Residents, Fellows, Medical and PA Students, and Faculty are encouraged to attend all sessions, but 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year Residents and Fellows must attend or view the recordings.
*The October sessions were held on special days and times and are co-sponsored by SVMIC to meet our UTHSC annual malpractice and prescribing topics requirements. Faculty and practicing physicians who attended one of the three in-person sessions were eligible for the 10% premium discount offered by SVMIC.