Medical Emergencies and Human Error - Managing Risk, Improving Services
Who should attend this course?
Healthcare professionals in acute medicine. it may also be of interest to Clinical Governance / Clinical Risk Managers and those involved with the Patient Safety Agenda.
Course content
Includes the following:
- Active participation in simulated medical emergencies
- Effective Communication - the SBAR / RSVP tool
- Contemporary Human Error theory
- Developing teamwork, minimising risk
- Clinical Human Factors and situational awareness
- Developing critical assessment and evaluation skills; competence or expertise?
- Risk Management in Healthcare and the Clinical Governance Agenda
- Attributes of safe healthcare practitioners
- Developing Safe Clinical Systems
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The module will require participation in clinically-based medical emergency simulation events aimed at presenting the student with significant challenges in all aspects of patient-centred clinical decision making. The course will involve examination of contemporary approaches in the development, implementation and evaluation of evidenced risk management strategies applied to medical emergency situations.
Why choose this course?
- Learn: The medical emergencies and human error course, which is part of the Master in Medical and Healthcare Simulation, is designed to enhance and extend the students assessment, diagnostic, management and documentation skills for a range of medical emergency situations with a focus on patient safety and service improvement.
- Course for: Healthcare professionals in acute medicine. It may also be of interest to Clinical Governance / Clinical Risk Managers and those involved with the Patient Safety Agenda.
- Credit / level: 30 /7
How to apply
Apply for the Medical Emergencies and Human Error – Managing Risk, Improving Services
Entry requirements...
Students should have employment or access to an appropriate area of practice. Full-time students should have had relevant and recent work experience
Course fees
Credit / level for this course: 30 /7
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Study routes
- Part Time