Webinar – Safeguarding the Future – Reducing Obstetric Liability Risk

August 18-19, 2010 This presentation reviews obstetrical liability and current malpractice trends in obstetrical practice. The presenters discuss clinical risk management approaches for three of the highest risk areas: cesarean sections, forceps deliveries, and shoulder dystocia; ways to avoid communication failures that can lead to adverse maternal or neonatal outcomes; and approaches to reducing risks during pre- and postnatal care provided in the health center or clinic. The presentation also covers: • Strategies to improve perinatal safety while reducing risk • Examples of malpractice cases resulting in high dollar awards • Use of practice guidelines, “bundles,” and checklists • The importance of training and credentialing of providers and staff • How a culture of safety, teamwork, and communication can positively impact perinatal outcomes

Rigorous evaluations can be helpful to service-learning practitioners. Effective evaluations can document outcomes, identify program design characteristics associated with outcomes, and provide data to use to improve service-learning practice. This one-hour seminar will provide information about the basics of evaluation – how to develop evaluation questions from logic models, choices for evaluation design and the benefits and disadvantages associated with each, developing and/or identifying appropriate instruments for data collection, data collection strategies and issues (including human subjects protections), and reporting. A “case study” example, using a cluster evaluation of eight Learn and Serve America state grantees and two national studies, will be provided.
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