As Quality and Patient Safety Officer for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), George Blike will discuss the theoretical rationale for integrating advanced training facilities into today's healthcare facilities.

A close look at "learning curve error" suggests we need to change our emphasis on who are our learners and rethink optimal strategies for achieving the quality and patient safety goals within a modern hospital. He will also share practical insights into how to drive a quality and patient safety agenda using in-situ simulation as a catalyst.

Dr. Blike is currently the Chief Patient Safety Officer at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Dartmouth Medical School. He is a founding member of the International Society for Medical Simulation and the chair for the DHMC Simulation Program. Dr. Blike's research utilizes human factors engineering and ranges from basic cognitive systems research to organizational human factors. Organizationally, he is examining the feasibility of implementing a comprehensive safety program at the hospital-wide level based upon approaches used in the aviation and nuclear power industries. All of his research strives to develop high-leverage countermeasures targeted to prevent, limit, or assure the tolerance of human/system failure thus making modern medical care safer for patients.

Sponsored by the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt