Microcredentials

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Review the unique needs of orthopedic surgical patients.
• Demonstrate knowledge of orthopedic surgical procedures and instruments.
• Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control.
• Perform effective patient assessment and perioperative planning.
• Manage preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care for orthopedic patients.
• Collaborate effectively with surgical teams to ensure patient safety and optimal outcomes.

Course Outline:

Required Modules (must successfully complete all 7 of the following):

• Knowledge: Foundational Orthopedic Knowledge Assessment: Quiz
• Skill: Lesson 1 – Healthcare Industry Representative (HCIR) – Teamwork & Collaboration Activity
• Skill: Lesson 2 – Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Activity
• Skill: Lesson 3 – Pneumatic Tourniquet Activity
• Skill: Lesson 4 – Tissue Tracking Activity
• Behavioral: Lesson 5 – Care Plan
• Foundational Orthopedic Microcredential: Exam
• Post-Course Survey- Likert Scale

This program is a microcredential, not a certification. Participants will be assessed through various forms of assessment (e.g., quizzes, reflections, case study analyses).

Upon successful completion of the course, learners receive:

• Electronic certificate of completion
• Foundational Orthopedic Surgery Microcredential digital badge
• 50 points towards recertification of your CCI credentials and specialty designations when recertifying by the Professional Activity Points method.

Part 1 – Assess and Analyze (all activities in this section must be completed)
Assess your knowledge and learn through analysis.

• Knowledge Assessment
• Survival Under Siege: The True Story of Biofilm Success
• Analysis of Bioburden
• MRSA: A Personal Case Study
• Compromising Care
• Cross-Contamination End of Course Survey

Part 2 – Learning Activities (2 of the 5 activity options must be completed)
Choose from multiple activities to complete your learning experience.

• Investigative News Review
• Pathogenic Microbial Discovery
• Patient Experience – Healthcare Associated Infection
• Minimizing Contamination using Personal Protective Equipment
• Microbiology Terms and Definitions

Upon successful completion of the two-part course, learners receive:

• Electronic certificate of completion
• CCI’s Sterile Processing: Cross-Contamination digital badge
• 50 points towards your CCI credentials recertification eligibility requirements when recertifying by the Professional Activity Points method.

Earning this microcredential will allow you to:

• Understand and apply quality management system terms, definitions, and concepts related to medical device reprocessing quality assurance.
• Examine and apply the interrelationships of process components, quality indicators, cross-functional workflows, and standardization using quality management theories, frameworks, methods, and tools.
• Compare and contrast facility policies, work practices, industry standards, and evidence based-best practice related to the risk of non-conformities for medical device reprocessing.
• Analyze essential job functions of Sterile Processing quality professionals and healthcare workers’ role in improving quality work practices and influencing positive change.

Course Outline

Required Modules (must complete all 9 of the following to receive microcredential):

• Knowledge Assessment: Quiz
• Skills: Lesson 1 – The Process Approach to Managing Quality
• Skills: Lesson 2 – Influencing Quality Management in Theory and Practice
• Skills: Lesson 3 – Quality Management in Sterile Processing Workflows
• Skills: Lesson 4 – Analysis of Risk and Proactive Problem-Solving
• Skills Lesson 5 – Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FEMA): Instrument Damage Prevention Project
• Skills: Lesson 6 – Sterile Processing Work Systems Analysis Project
• Attitude/Behavior: Lesson 7 – Essential Job Functions of Sterile Processing Quality Professionals
• Post-Course Survey- Likert Scale

Upon successful completion of the course, learners receive:

• Electronic certificate of completion
• Sterile Processing: Foundations of Quality Management Systems digital badge
• 50 points toward your CCI credentials recertification eligibility requirements when recertifying by the Professional Activity Points method.

Part 1 – Prerequisites (activities are required and will be completed through Mölnlycke®)

Certificate of completion will need to be uploaded to your CCI account.

• Surgical Site Infection: Target Zero
• Skin: Perspectives on Prevention: Skin More than a Protective Shell
• Skin and Wound Teams
• How to Build a Successful Quality Improvement Project
• Perspectives on Prevention: The Perioperative Environment
• Right Dressing, Right Wound: Dressing Selection for Optimal Healing
• Preventing Pressure Injury in the OR: Why Prevention is Important Webinar

Part 2 – Learning Activities (all activities are required)
Activities to complete your learning experience.

• Knowledge Assessment
• Management Skills Self-Assessment
• Reflective Learning Exercise

Upon successful completion of the course, learners receive:

• Electronic certificate of completion
• CCI’s Pressure Injury Prevention in Intraoperative Care digital badge
• 50 points towards your CCI credentials recertification eligibility requirements when recertifying by the Professional Activity Points method.