What Can I Do?: Strategies To Minimize Medical Errors
Tracking # 20-486397
$29.00
What you'll learn
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Define "medical error" (ME) in health and mental health settings.
- Identify and list at least 3 causes of medical errors in health or mental health settings, and 3 strategies used to reduce or prevent them.
- Discuss 3 ways effective communication and education strategies can prevent/reduce medical errors to enhance patient safety. the root cause analysis (RCA) process, and how it is used to enhance patient safety.
- Describe the root cause analysis (RCA) process and how it is used to enhance patient safety.
- Identify physical, mental, psychological, and economic consequences for health and mental health care professionals who effect MEs.
Course overview
This medical errors course addresses the 3 areas mandated by Florida statute for 491 Board licensees: (1) root-cause analyses, (2) medical error reduction and prevention, and (3) patient safety in medical/health and mental health environments, and mandatory risk management reporting by nonphysician employees in licensed clinical and patient care settings in Florida. Employing diverse and multiple perspectives (organizational to personal), this course uses multiple videos to illustrate: (1) root-cause analysis (via a case studies that reduced medical errors), and (2) enhanced communication and checklists to prevent or curtail medical errors. This course addresses needs of licensees employed in: (1) direct service delivery systems within licensed health and/or mental health facilities; (2) public or private therapies serving health, mental, and behavioral health clients or patients and their families victimized by medical errors; and, (3) various therapeutic interventions or development of programs serving or planning to serve health or mental healthcare system providers (including those healthcare professionals committing medical errors).
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Certified Master Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
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Course Objectives
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Define medical errors (MEs).
- Describe the root cause analysis process, and list the most common “medical error” sentinel events.
- Identify and list at least 3 unique causes of medical errors.
- List potential psychological consequences of medical errors for medical/healthcare professional.
- Discuss 3 effects of communication and education strategies to reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety.
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