■ Physician-team:

Leveraging the power of collaboration to foster safe care

Interprofessional communication in obstetrics

Female physician speaks with colleagues.

15 minutes

Published: December 2021

Learning objectives

Upon completion, you will be able to:

  1. Describe ways that a healthcare team can improve awareness of potentially harmful situations.
  2. Explain how cross-monitoring between colleagues can promote patient safety.
  3. Recognize speaking up behavior, and how it can be improved, to help prevent patient safety incidents.

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Accreditation

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CMPA. You may claim a maximum of 0.5 hour (credits are automatically calculated).

The College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC)

This 2-credit-per-hour Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 1.0 Mainpro+ credit.

Disclosure

Scientific Planning Committee: Dr. Eileen Bridges1, Dr. Shirley Lee1, Dr. Katherine Larivière1, Dr. Liisa Honey1, Dr. Tino Piscione1, Dr. Janet Nuth1

Employees of: 1. Paid employee of the CMPA

Conflict of Interest: The members of the Scientific Planning Committee have no financial or professional affiliation with any organization that can be perceived as a conflict of interest in the context of this online program.

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