SKY661 - PATIENT SAFETY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATIENT SAFETY | SKY661 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | No | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
| Course objective | To make the students know concepts related to patient safety, reasons of patient safety problems, and how to improve patient safety. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Patient safety, IOM reports, patient safety culture, teamwork and communication, measuring and improving patient safety, reporting and learning systems, medication safety, disclosure of medical errors, JCI and patient safety, patient safety programs at WHO, patient safety in Turkey. | |||||
| References | 1. Institute of Medicine. To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000. 2. Reason J. Human Error: Models and Management, BMJ 2000; 320: 768-770. 3. Spath, PL., ed. Error reduction in health care: a systems approach to improving patient safety, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. 4. Vincent C. Patient Safety. Wiley, John & Sons, 2010. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | What is Patient Safety? |
| Week 2 | Institute of Medicine Reports |
| Week 3 | Reasons of Medical Errors |
| Week 4 | Patient Safety Culture |
| Week 5 | Teamwork and Communication |
| Week 6 | Measuring Patient Safety |
| Week 7 | Reporting and Learning Systems |
| Week 8 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | Patient Safety Improvement |
| Week 10 | Tools to Improve Patient Safety |
| Week 11 | Medication Safety |
| Week 12 | Disclosure of Medical Errors |
| Week 13 | JCI and Patient Safety |
| Week 14 | Patient Safety in Turkey |
| Week 15 | preparation for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 38 | 38 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 116 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To have knowledge about theoretical and practical information related to the field of health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 2. To gain knowledge and skills on understanding, analyzing and directing administrative, financial, technical and medical process of health organizations | X | ||||
| 3. To understand basic elements of health system in national and international level, to comprehend health planning and health policy, to analyze health sector economic and financially | X | ||||
| 4. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 5. Critical and innovative thinking in problems faced during health management process, having the ability to use scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving | X | ||||
| 6. Following the changes in the field of health care management and have the ability to provide specific solutions related health care system of the country | X | ||||
| 7. Acting in accordance with the ethical principles of scientific research, publication and management | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest