Medical Error Prevention for Healthcare Professionals

Course overview

The goal of this course is to enable the healthcare professionals and nurses to the inhibit medical errors in the medical settings with the help of existing, evidence-based data. Course objectives: 1.- Thoroughly explain the meaning of medical error, sentinel event, never event, near miss and adverse event. 2.- Enumerate the different causes and classifications of medical errors. 3.- Discuss the extent and importance of medical errors in the existing healthcare settings in the US. 4.- Recognize groups of individuals who are susceptible to experiencing medical errors. 5.- Discuss the different methods and interventions to avoid medical errors. 6.- Give a comprehensive explanation of the components involved in the root cause analysis. 7.- Describe the different reporting requirements of medical errors.