Essential Safety Skills for Practitioners: Adverse Event Identification, Mitigation and Reporting in TCM

COURSE TYPE:
Distance Learning CEU Video (Online)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Every skilled practitioner knows that true clinical mastery isn’t just about achieving results; it’s about ensuring safety, accountability, and excellence in every treatment. This essential course empowers acupuncturists and herbalists to confidently identify, differentiate, document, and properly report Adverse Events (AE) and Serious Adverse Events (SAE) in both Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine. You’ll gain practical, real-world tools to recognize and assess potential AEs, understand U.S. herbal medicine regulations, and implement effective prevention and mitigation strategies that protect both your patients and your practice. The course also covers HIPAA compliance and the legal pathways for SAE resolution, offering critical knowledge that every responsible practitioner should have but few are ever formally taught.

Led by Galina V. Roofener, a nationally recognized expert with over 30 years of clinical experience including eight years at the Cleveland Clinic, this course bridges ancient healing wisdom with modern medical accountability. Galina’s engaging, case-based teaching approach transforms complex safety protocols into practical skills you can use immediately. Whether you practice acupuncture, herbal medicine, or both, this class is your key to mastering patient safety, staying compliant, and elevating your professional credibility in today’s integrative healthcare landscape.

Upon completion of this course, practitioners will:

• Gain a clear understanding of U.S. herbal medicine regulations and stay fully compliant in your practice.
• Master the recognition and identification of adverse events in Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine to protect your patients.
• Confidently assess causality and report herbal medicine adverse events with professional accuracy.
• Learn proactive strategies to prevent and mitigate adverse events in herbal treatments before they occur.
• Take control of patient safety by mastering adverse event recognition, identification, and mitigation in acupuncture and adjunct therapies.
• Develop practical skills to report adverse events in acupuncture and related modalities with confidence and compliance.

CANCELLATION POLICY:
These online courses are immediately accessible after purchase therefore are non-refundable.

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