EHEALTH *712 / An Introduction to Patient Safety

3 unit(s)

David Musson

This course provides an overview of current concepts in patient safety and healthcare systems safety as well as a foundation in the basic sciences as applied to patient safety. Topics addressed include theoretical models of safety, high reliability, safety culture, human factors engineering and usability, human cognition and its role in human error, incident reporting and analysis, medication error, the role of electronic medical records and computerized order entry in reducing error in healthcare settings, team-based error and methods to improve team function including simulation. Students will gain a foundation and a cross sectional awareness of the field, and will gain the ability to apply patient safety principles in their work.