Creating a Learning Culture for Residents

Around Patient Safety and Mistakes

A Collaborative Project Between

University at Albany School of Public Health and Albany Medical College

Funded through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Clinical Advisors:
John Morley, M.D., Medical Director, A M C
Eina Fishman, M.D., M.S., Physician Executive, Albany VA Medical Center
Mary Jo LaPosta, R.N., M.S., Ph.D, Senior VP & Chief Nursing Officer, A M C
Timothy Lesar, Pharm. D., Director of Pharmacy, A M C.
J.P. Hafner, M.D., M.P.H, Clinical Quality Assurance Evaluator

Project Advisors:
Medicine:
Alwin Steinmann, M.D.Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs, A M C

Surgery:
Anthony DeLuca, M.D., Associate Program Director, A M C

External Advisors

Albert Wu, M.D, M.P.H., Associate Professor, Departments of Health Policy & Management, Epidemiology, and Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University

Lawrence Smith, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Vice Chairman of Dept. of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine