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First, register or log in. Then…

1. Take a course.

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2. Watch a video.

Watch "Why Do Errors Happen?"

Millions of people suffer every year from mistakes in health care. Lucian Leape, MD, explains why those mistakes happen — and how to prevent them.

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3. Join or start a local Chapter.

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4. Listen to a recording of the very first On Call teleconference.

Listen to the first On Call Teleconference


“I then realized that I had infused almost the entire bag of heparin … I thought that I was probably going to throw up.”

In the first conference call sponsored by the IHI Open School for Health Professions, IHI CEO Don Berwick and nursing student Meghan McCann confess awful mistakes they made early in their careers. A system that recognizes humans are fallible, they say, is a system that can prevent tragic errors.

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Then join us for the next one.
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