Patient safety is a top priority in healthcare and the RT is challenged in regards to patient safety in all healthcare venues. This course brings two lectures previously recorded for the AARC Professor's Rounds series straight to the practitioner!
- The Role of Safety Checklists in Healthcare: Bother or Necessity? with Dr. Timothy McDonald and Mr. Sam Giordano
- Improving Patient Safety: How Respiratory Therapists Can Contribute with Dr. Karen Frush and Dr. Ira Cheifetz
- Explain the importance of identifying and reporting near misses, unsafe conditions, and patient safety incidents. (Part 1)
- Describe the advantages of a transparent approach to patient harm or "near harm" events. (Part 1)
- Identify the barriers to effective and honest communication between care professionals and with patients and families that occur following medical errors. (Part 1)
- Recognize the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the investigation of patient harm events and the associated process improvements. (Part 1)
- List 3 components of a framework for patient safety. (Part 2)
- Give an example of a systems problem that may lead to increased risk of an adverse event. (Part 2)
- Describe the Swiss cheese model of organizational accidents and adverse events. (Part 2)
- Discuss the importance of psychological safety in establishing a culture of safety. (Part 2)