Interns Patient Safety Course

Interns Patient Safety Course 2026

Each year over 200 new JMH interns attend mandatory patient safety training prior to taking on specialty specific responsibilities in their departments. The Center for Patient Safety has developed an innovative curriculum to impart competencies related to their role in preventing medical errors. In the course, which runs during the first week of the intern year, the following competencies are specifically addressed: 1) handoffs; 2) teamwork and communication; 3) delivering bad news; 4) identify and review the elements of a Root Cause Analysis (RCA); and 5) disclosure of an adverse event. 

Course directors: Yvonne Diaz, MD and Daniel Perez, MD