Part I: Scientific foundations -- Patient safety: a brief history -- Cognitive load theory and patient safety -- Errors and violations -- The human-technology interface -- Deliberate practice and acquisition of expertise -- Fatigue -- Situational awareness -- Creating a culture of safety -- Part II: Clinical applications -- Adverse event prevention and management -- Complex systems and approaches to quality improvement -- Crisis resource management and patient safety in anesthesia practice -- Quality in medical education -- Regulating quality -- Creating a quality management program -- Health information technology use for quality assurance and improvement -- Safety in remote locations -- Medication safety -- Operating room fires and electrical safety -- Disruptive behavior: the imperative for awareness and action -- Managing adverse events: the aftermath and the second victim effect

1. Medical Errors -- prevention & control
2. Patient Safety -- standards
3. Anesthesiology -- standards
4. Perioperative Care -- standards
5. Patient Care Team -- standards