Sentinel Events: Protecting Yourself
Core Competencies Covered
- Patient safety
- Sentinel events and near misses
- Risk management
- Professional accountability
- Clinical documentation
- Quality improvement
- Peer review
- Complaints and investigations
- Mandatory reporting
Skills Introduced, Practiced & Initially Verified
- Analyze adverse clinical events and near misses
- Produce objective and complete documentation
- Identify practitioner and system contributors to adverse outcomes
- Participate in structured case review
- Develop corrective and preventive strategies
- Recognize reportable events
- Demonstrate appropriate responses to complaints and regulatory processes
Professional Standards Alignment
MEAC/NARM: 1.3–1.4, 1.8, 1.24–1.27, 1.35, 1.39–1.40, 1.43
Additional Alignment: TDLR complaint, investigation, reporting, documentation, and disciplinary requirements
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