AHRQ's evidence-based products and tools for health professionals provide resources, free continuing education events, curriculum tools, and case studies on how AHRQ's products and tools have been implemented into practice.
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AHRQ-Sponsored Continuing Education Activities
Curriculum Tools
Case Studies in Health Education
Tools and Resources to Improve Care
AHRQ-Sponsored Continuing Education Activities
Comparative Effectiveness
Quality & Patient Safety
- AHRQ PSNet—A national Web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety.
- TeamSTEPPS™—Eligible for CME or Continuing Education Units (CEU) if health care professionals attend the 2½-day training session at one of the 5 National Implementation of TeamSTEPPS™ training centers.
- AHRQ Web M&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web)—Web site features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers.
Prevention/Care Management
AHRQ Annual Meetings
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Curriculum Tools
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Case Studies in Health Education
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health—introduced graduate and doctoral students to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), giving students a hands-on introduction to the dataset.
- Kimball Medical Center—developed a continuing medical education training series as a result of participating in AHRQ's February 2009 Web conference, "Comparative Effectiveness, Safety, and Indications of Insulin Analogues in Premixed Formulations for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes."
- Philadelphia Department of Public Health—lactation consultant for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, teaches an 18-hour breastfeeding course using data from the AHRQ Evidence Report No. 153, Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries, in its efforts to promote breastfeeding.
- Campbell University School of Pharmacy—used AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in classes that teach pharmacy students to understand and create a culture of safety in their future careers.
- Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center—used the AHRQ-funded Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion DVD in its Simulation Education and Training Center. Residents are required to complete a chest tube placement training curriculum prior to inserting the tubes in patients.
- Duke University Physician Assistant Program—developed a prevention curriculum in 2004 to introduce its students to clinical prevention when they begin their physician assistant studies.
- Wichita State University: College of Health Professions—the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations form the foundation of the "Preventive and Behavioral Medicine" course for physician assistant students curriculum.
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Tools and Resources to Improve Care
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Current as of February 2012
Internet Citation:
Education Opportunities for Health Professionals. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/eduopps.htm