Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Define the term “second victim”
2. Describe the stages of recovery for a clinician suffering in the aftermath of a clinical event as a second victim
3. Describe the role of the peer supporter
4. Describe the peer support program at BMC

Faculty

Mary Beth Collins, BSN, RN
Patient Safety Specialist, BMC

Eleanor S Winston, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

Zachary Testo, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.