Risk Management
Helping You Reduce Risk And Improve Patient Safety
Members of the Ob-Gyn Risk Alliance have exclusive access to
a variety of ob-gyn-specific educational activities and tools—
including online Relias courses provided at no additional cost
with unlimited access. Participants can take full advantage of
their membership by leveraging these useful resources—earning
CME credit and a substantial premium credit by completing
selected educational activities
What Applies To You?
Ob-Gyn Risk Alliance Policy: Last Renewal between July 2022 - June 2023
Ob-Gyn Risk Alliance Policy: Last Renewal between July 2023 - June 2024
Online Relias Courses
Relias courses are offered in two formats:
1. Traditional online format
2. Personalized Learning Module (PLM) format
PLMs measure your level of knowledge on a given topic and provide you with a personalized learning path. This approach ensures you focus on information
most useful to you rather than areas where you are already proficient. (CME credit will vary based on your personalized learning path.)
Here’s an example of how you benefit from the PLM format:
The “Fetal Assessment and Monitoring” series of courses takes 9.75 hours to complete. It took the physician 1.39 hours to complete a PLM pretest. She then
was assigned a customized learning path that eliminated course content for which she already demonstrated proficiency. Her learning path coursework took 2.35 hours to complete. The physician saved 6.01 hours by choosing the PLM learning option!
The following Relias courses are available to you:
Personalized Learning Path Format (CME credit will vary based on your personalized learning path.):
- Forceps and Vacuum Assisted Delivery
- Chain of Command
- Maternal Sepsis
- Managing the Medical Malpractice Case
- High Risk Abdominal Pain in Adults Part 1
- High Risk Abdominal Pain in Adults Part 2
Traditional Online Courses Available to ALL Participants:*
- Effective Communication in Healthcare
- Hypertension in Pregnancy
- Protecting Mother and Babies: COVID-19 and the Obstetric Patient
- Informed Consent
- Response to Adverse Events and Errors
- Risk Management Basics
- The Disclosure of Unanticipated Outcomes
- SBAR+R: Structuring Communication
Relias also offers “clinical pearls,” short, 30 minute case-based modules. Four completed “clinical pearls” are considered the equivalent of one full Relias course.
*Successful course completion includes: passing the post-test with a grade of at least 70%, AND completing a course evaluation.
ONLINE COURSE ACCESS
You can sign in from the top banner of this website to sign in to the ProAssurance secure services portal (SSP). Once you are signed-in, select "Ob-Gyn Risk Alliance Courses" located under the "Seminars" menu item.
If you do not have an account for ProAssurance's SSP, select "Create an Account" from the sign in page.
Relias Platform Gives You More Options
Ob-Gyn Risk Alliance members benefit from Relias' online continuing education platform.
Courses are provided via the Relias website, OBRA.Training.ReliasLearning.com accessed through the secure services portal (SSP). You do not need to maintain a separate account and password at Relias, but you will be asked to confirm some basic license information for your continuing medical education (CME) certificates. To claim CME, please enter your license information by clicking “Licenses & Certifications” within your Relias account.
Note: Participants can save their progress at any point while taking a course and complete it at a later date.
Several courses are available in PLM format, which can help you save time. PLMs measure your level of knowledge on a given topic and provide you with a personalized learning path. This approach ensures your time is focused on information most useful to you rather than on areas of proficiency.
Accessing Your Courses
Sign in to the ProAssurance secure services portal and select "Ob-Gyn Risk Alliance Courses" located within the "Seminars" menu item. If you do not yet have an account for ProAssurance's SSP, select "Create an Account" from the sign in page.
If you have questions about registration or course access, please contact Lauren Jones at 205-776-3023.
To learn more about Relias for Obstetrics and ways to improve clinical outcomes, download the Relias OB flyer. For more information on Relias Learning, visit the Relias Connect website.
Online Tools and Personalized Assistance to Help Make to Easier For You to Focus On Patient Care
You can access or request copies of the following risk reduction tools and resources from the Ob-Gyn Risk Alliance section of the ProAssurance secure services portal.
Ob Tool Kit
Forms, Guidelines, Policies, and Procedures
- C-Section Hospital Documentation Template
- Cyber Liability Checklist
- Shoulder Dystocia Hospital Documentation Template
- Ob Risk Assessment Checklist
- Diagnostic Test and Referral Tracking Form
- Chaperone Guideline
- Postnatal Depression Screening Guideline
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
- Patient Satisfaction Survey Policy
- Patient Satisfaction Survey
- Withdrawal from Care or Terminating the Ob-Physician-Patient Relationship Guide
- Withdrawal from Care or Terminating the Ob-Physician-Patient Relationship Letter
Skills Checklists
Informed Consent Forms
- Genetic Testing Checklist and Consent
- C-Section
- Hysterectomy and Myomectomy Utilizing Power Morcellation
- Labor Induction
- Vaginal Birth Delivery/Instrument Assisted Delivery
- VBAC
Ob-Gyn BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 Genetic Testing Tool Kit
Without question, a clear and present concern for the Obstetrics and Gynecology specialty is the millions of patients who meet the criteria for cancer-related genetic testing, but who have not been tested. This represents a potential overwhelming liability exposure. According to Physician Insurance Association of America’s (PIAA) closed claims data, delay in diagnosis of breast cancer is one of the most common and expensive types of medical malpractice lawsuits for ob-gyn physicians.
As our ongoing commitment to provide you with relevant risk resources, The BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 Genetic Testing Tool Kit is now available. Discover how failure to obtain BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genetic testing may represent an area of potential liability in allegations of delayed breast cancer diagnoses by reviewing PIAA’s article entitled “Failure to Recommend Genetic Testing: The Next Wave of Medical Professional Liability Lawsuits?”. The tool kit also contains additional links to documents, forms, and patient education materials you may find useful as you provide patient care.
- BRCA Genetic Screening Criteria
- BRCA Genetic Testing Checklist
- Laboratory Quality Checklist for BRCA Genetic Testing
- Informed Consent - BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Mutation Testing
- Direct-to-Consumer BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 Testing
Personalized Assistance
ProAssurance’s Risk Management Consultants are just a phone call or email away. Please contact us for personalized assistance and answers to your risk questions at 844-223-9648 or email RiskAdvisor@ProAssurance.com.
ACOG Materials And Fetal Monitoring Books
You also can request ACOG materials and/or one or both of the following books (limited to $200 worth of materials or books annually for each member physician):
- Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification Exam Review
Please call ProAssurance Risk Management department at
844-223-9648 or email
RiskAdvisor@ProAssurance.com
to obtian there materials.
