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Patient Safety

Lead(s): Dave Murphy

Intended Learning Outcomes

(What should learners be able to do after the session?)

  1. Describe how human factors impact safe, reliable, and effective care
  2. Describe how safety culture impacts safe, reliable, and effective care
  3. Identify health care technologies related to patient safety (e.g., EHR documentation, phones, over-reliance on copy-paste, CPOE, Alarms) and discuss their use and potential benefit

Facilitators

Please email a facilitator directly to request a workshop. If you have questions, please email

Facilitators
Name Areas of Expertise/Interest
Adam Webb, MD Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Professionalism
Jiong Yan, MD Patient Safety
Nadja Kadom, MD PDSA cycle, HRO Change Management, Patient-centered care

Suggested Interactive Learning and Teaching Activities

  • Role model inter-professional communication around patient case scenarios in different settings (e.g., inpatient, L&D, OR, ER) using various methods (e.g., SBAR, “Time out”/”Call to Order”)
  • Video review of patient provider interaction and identify potential near misses
  • Root Cause Analysis case study/role play

Other Resources

AAMC Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Competencies (DRAFT)

Session Evaluation Tools

Evaluate a Patient Safety session

Acknowledgements

Thank you to those who came together to develop the intended learning outcomes and list of suggested interactive learning and teaching activities:
  • Natia Esiashvili
  • Rachel Medbery
  • Michael Thomas Kassin
  • Adam Webb
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