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Grand Rounds: Checklists and Lunchtrays: Unexpected Solutions to Complex Problems in Global Maternal-Newborn Health

Date: 03/06/2012 - 03/06/2012
Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: O'Keeffe Auditorium

Description:
Jonathan Spector, MD, MPH
Pediatric Newborn Services,
MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Agenda:

Objectives for Dr. Spector's Talk:

• Define the major causes of childbirth-related mortality in low resource settings globally.
• Describe the clinical elements likely to be required to prevent avoidable maternal, fetal, and newborn deaths globally.
• Explain how a checklist-based childbirth safety program might improve quality of care in high priority regions.

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Registration closed? no