IPASS Overview for Faculty

Overview

A standardized hand-off system, I-PASS, is used by residents at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center who are completing call or duty hours and transferring care to an incoming team. IPASS is demonstrated to reduce communication failures that can lead to medical errors or preventable adverse events. However, faculty overseeing residents are unfamiliar with I-PASS or the tools in the EPIC EHR to assist in its use. This activity is to educate Baylor faculty about IPASS to ensure that hand off is done properly.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for Baylor St. Luke's clinical faculty responsible for overseeing care teams in the hospital.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

  • List the components of IPASS
  • Outline a standardized patient hand off in IPASS format and the importance of utilizing system
  • Classify patients as stable, watcher, or star
  • Build an IPASS list in EPIC

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

Lecture

EVALUATION

Evaluation by questionnaire will address program content, presentation, and possible bias.

Learning Objectives

 

    Course summary
    Available credit: 
    • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 0.25 Participation
    Course opens: 
    01/12/2022
    Course expires: 
    01/31/2024
    Rating: 
    0

    METHOD OF PARTICIPATION

    This activity is in an online video module format and includes one didactic presentation.

    To receive a certificate you should:

    1. View the presentation in this enduring material.
    2. Complete and submit the evaluation form.
    3. The estimated time to complete this activity, including review of the materials, is 0.25 hour(s).

    TERM OF APPROVAL

    January 2022 through January 2024. Original release date: January 2022 

    DISCLAIMER 

    This activity is designed for use by healthcare professionals for educational purposes only. Information and opinion offered by the contributors represent their viewpoints. Conclusions drawn by the participant should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information. Prescription information and use of medical devices should be undertaken only after confirmation of information by consulting the FDA-approved uses and information.

    Baylor College of Medicine makes every effort to have accurate information presented, no warranty, expressed or implied, is offered. The participant should use his/her clinical judgment, knowledge, experience, and diagnostic decision-making before applying any information, whether provided here or by others, for any professional use.

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    DRUG/DEVICE STATUS DISCLOSURE

    Some drugs/devices identified during this activity may have United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for specific purposes only or for use in restricted research settings. The FDA has stated that it is the responsibility of the individual physician to determine the FDA status of each drug or device that he/she wishes to use in clinical practice and to use the products in compliance with applicable law.

    Baylor College of Medicine requires that all faculty/presenters disclose an unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical and medical device products, and provide adequate scientific and clinical justification for such use.  Physicians are urged to fully review all the available data on products or procedures before using them to treat patients.

    DISCLOSURE POLICY

    Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.  BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.

    In  accordance  with  the  ACCME  Standards for  Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

    In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME’s validation of clinical content statements.

    BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions.  If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly. 

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

     

    Allison Heinen, D.O. - Activity Director and Presenter
    Assistant Professor, Medicine-General Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

    Michael Fordis, M.D. - Co-Activity Director
    Director, Center for Collaborative and Interactive Technologies, Senior Assoc. Dean and Director, Office of Continuing Medical Education
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

    Josh Hirsch, MD - Planning Committee Member
    Chief Resident
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

     

    Peer Reviewer

    In January 2022, this continuing medical education online enduring activity was reviewed by: Galant, Chan, M.D. To ensure the continued scientific relevance of this enduring material, its content will be reviewed again in January 2024.

    Galant Chan, M.D. 
    Assistant Professor, Medicine-Infectious Disease
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

    Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

    Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Available Credit

    • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 0.25 Participation
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