General Program Details

Program Contents

  • Define the importance of managing acutely ill and injured patients by the standardized, systematic and structured approach.

  • Incorporate the CERTAIN approach (admission checklist) to manage admission/resuscitation of acutely ill and injured patients.

  • Incorporate the CERTAIN approach (rounding checklist) to perform daily rounding for acutely ill and injured patients.

  • Demonstrate the prompter’s role to provide real-time feedback to the team during the admission/resuscitation and rounding using the CERTAIN checklist.

  • Integrate point-of-care ultrasound in acute care setting.

  • Recognize the reason and need to change of current practice of acute care.

  • Summarize patient engagement methods for shared decision marking.

  • Demonstrate efficient communication skills between clinical team, patients and family members.

  • Review tools and technology to enable the change, including clinical informatics and simulation.

  • Review patient safety and quality improvement principles.

  • Review change management and implementation science.

  • Review clinical research and epidemiology methodology

Program Format

  • Expert lectures (on-site, remote and/or recorded) on key domains: standardization, implementation science, informatics, quality improvement, education and research.

  • Hands on workshop containing mentored experiential learning at local simulation facility.

  • Admission module.

  • Rounding module.

  • CERTAIN checklist and decision support.

  • Point of care ultrasound as a stethoscope.

  • Panel discussion on key topics including shared decision making, prevention of nosocomial complications, end of lif care etc.

  • Post-program assessment, commitment to change, and learner satisfaction survey.

  • Participants eligible to be recognized as CERTAIN Trainer