Professional Diploma in Patient Safety

Course details

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Define safety as " Freedom from accidental injury" patient safety is a discipline in the healthcare sector that applies scientific safety methods towards the goal of achieving a trustworthy system of healthcare delivery. Patient Safety is also an attribute of healthcare system; it minimizes the incidence of impact of and maximizes recovery from unexpected adverse events.

TOPICS
What topics will the programme cover? 
                     
Module 1: Patient Safetv and Prevention of Medical Errors    6 hours

1- An Introduction, History & Background
2- Types of Quality Care Measures
    - Struetural Measures
    - Process Measures
    - Outeome Measures

Module 2: Patient Safety            12 hours

1- Deteriorating Patients
2- Situations Study to Identify Patients at Risk
3- Seeking Assistance
4- Team Response
5- Medication Safety and Reconciliation
6- Falls
7- Preventing Harm from Patient Falls
8- What measures/steps are Taken After a Patient Falls
9- Home Oxygen Fire
10- Situations Study and Risk Assessment
11- Patient and Patient Family Education
12- Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)
13- Patient Identification: A Vital Issue
14- Patients Role in Detecting, Preventing & Recovering from       
      Medical Errors
15- Treatment of Ulcers
16- Communication and its Importance in Prevention of Medical
       Errors
17- Patient Suicide Attempts: Prevention and Appropriate
      Response
18- Pressure Ulcers
19- Surgical and Invasive Measures

Module 3: Prevention of Medical Errors     6 hours

1- Healthcare Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (HFMEA): A
    Theoretical Approach to be Trained as a Patient
    Safety Planner
2- Learning from Mistakes: A Film on Patient Safety

Module 4: International Patient Safety Goals and Sub-organisations    6 hours

1- Required to Manage Patient Safety
2- Terms of Reference for a Mortality & Morbidity Committee
3- Mortality and Morbidity Committee Formation
4- Roles of a Medical, Nursing and Healthcare Quality
    Department in Managing an Incident
5- Reporting Systems and Decision-making Processes

Self-paced Project             6 hours
Healthcare Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (HFMEA): A Practical Approach (40% of the final mark)

To successfully complete the course, students must attend 36 hours of lectures, as well as complete theself-paced project and pass an end-of-course examination. Updated on 19 January, 2020