Fatigue and Professional Responsibility

Fatigue and Professional Responsibility

Fatigue and Professional Responsibility is an enduring, interprofessional continuing education activity designed to address a critical, often overlooked gap in healthcare: the inability of providers to recognize and manage the effects of their own fatigue and sleep deprivation on patient care.

Grounding its content in established professional guidance—such as the American Society of Anesthesiologists Statement on Fatigue—this course explores how fatigue compromises cognitive and physical capabilities, leading to decreased decision-making accuracy, impaired skills, and diminished communication safety. Learners will explore the direct relationship between provider well-being and clinical outcomes, gaining actionable strategies to optimize patient safety and team efficiency.

1. Describe the effects of fatigue on healthcare providers' performance and explain how it negatively affects patient outcomes.
2. Modify behavior in both personal and professional life in order to reduce fatigue, thereby improving patient safety.
3. Describe collaborative methods for healthcare teams to support fatigued members, thereby increasing patient safety.

In support of improving patient care, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.  

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This enduring material has been designated by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for 1 credit of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

Cancellation Policy

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred, such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, facilities, and educational activities are accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended.
If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in an activity, including assistance with accessibility or dietary needs, please contact the OPDACE Conference Coordinator or program staff prior to the event so appropriate arrangements can be made.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

All individuals in a position to control the content of this accredited continuing education activity have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ACCME-defined ineligible companies.

No commercial support.