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2004: Keynote Speeches


  • American Association of Osteopathic Examiners, Scottsdale, AZ, "Narratives in Patient Safety"
  • Tenet Patient Safety Retreat, St. Louis, MO, "Opportunities to Advance Patient Safety"
  • Maryland Patient Safety Coalition, Baltimore, MD
  • Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group, Santa Cruz, CA, "Patient Safety: What it Means for Patients"
  • Tenet Health Care Annual Quality Summit, Dallas, TX, "Breaking the Wall of Silence"  
  • Rotary Club of Mount Vernon, VA, "Medical Errors and How to Avoid Them"
  • Loyola Law School, Institute for Health Law, Chicago, IL, "Disclosure of Medical Error"
  • Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, Patient Safety Grand Rounds, "Behind the Wall of Silence"
  • Connecticut Patients' Rights, Hartford, CT, "The Wall of Silence"
  • Maryland State Board of Nursing, Annapolis, MD
  • Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute, "Medical Error Prevention IS Possible"
  • Federation of State Medical Boards Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, Dr. Bryant L. Galusha Lecture
  • Institute for Nursing Healthcare Leadership, Boston, MA, "Behind the Wall of Silence"
  • Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management, Tampa, FL, "The Human Face of Medical Error"
  • Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, Gleacher Center, Chicago, IL, "Competent Institutions: The Competencies and Sponsoring Institutions"
  • National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Washington, D.C., "The Wall of Silence: The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes that Kill and Injure Millions of Americans"
  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • National Association of Health Care Quality
  • University of Michigan School of Public Health, "Safe Practices for Better Healthcare"
  • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, "Opportunities for Improvement Through the Healthcare Workforce of the 21st Century"
  • Dartmouth Clinical Microsystem Fall Invitational, Lake Morey, Fairlee, VT, "From Microsystems to the Competent Institution"
  • Medical Library Association, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Raleigh, NC
  • Maryland Board of Pharmacy, Reston, VA
  • Virginia Association of Healthcare Quality, Annual Education Conference, "The Human Face of Medical Error," Williamsburg, VA
  • National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, PA
  • Foundation for Medical Excellence, Portland Oregon, "Patient Safety, Medical Malpractice, and Risk Management"
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