2024
Risk Management and Patient Safety
Name: Risk Management and Patient Safety
Code: CMS13717D
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Health Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
The UC aims to provide an understanding of the aspects related to Risk Management and Patient Safety in Health Units and to provide knowledge about their implications for different stakeholders (patients and their families, organizations, health professionals, financiers, managers and policy makers).
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
It is intended that the students are able:
• To recognize the importance of patient safety and risk management aspects as an integral component of quality health care;
• To understand the importance of analyzing the causes that underlie the occurrence of adverse events;
• To interpret the issues of patient safety in a systemic and integrated approach;
• To use risk management methodologies/tools;
• To know and correlate the key concepts related to risk assessment and management in patient safety.
• To recognize the importance of patient safety and risk management aspects as an integral component of quality health care;
• To understand the importance of analyzing the causes that underlie the occurrence of adverse events;
• To interpret the issues of patient safety in a systemic and integrated approach;
• To use risk management methodologies/tools;
• To know and correlate the key concepts related to risk assessment and management in patient safety.
Contents
- Quality in Health and Patient Safety: Dimensions of quality in health
- Fundamentals of Risk Management and Patient Safety
- Patient Safety in different countries
- Epidemiological studies on AEs and prevention strategies
- Human Factors and patient safety
- Work analysis and ergonomic intervention; Ergonomics and patient safety
- International Patient Safety Goals
- Healthcare acquired infections
- Leadership and Safety culture
- Research on patient safety
- Fundamentals of Risk Management and Patient Safety
- Patient Safety in different countries
- Epidemiological studies on AEs and prevention strategies
- Human Factors and patient safety
- Work analysis and ergonomic intervention; Ergonomics and patient safety
- International Patient Safety Goals
- Healthcare acquired infections
- Leadership and Safety culture
- Research on patient safety
Teaching Methods
- Lecture method (theoretical)
- Analysis and discussion of real situations/cases
Evaluation: individual final evaluation - essay (60%); group work (40%).
- Analysis and discussion of real situations/cases
Evaluation: individual final evaluation - essay (60%); group work (40%).
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