Patient Safety, Quality and Risk

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate the concepts of patient safety and risk and how national and local patient risk and safety policies impact on your practice.
• Evaluate the importance of carrying out incident analysis and develop experience applying different analytical tools to real life scenarios.
• Critically reflect upon how this learning can be used to improve patient safety in your own workforce.
• Critically consider the mechanisms for escalating and communicating concerns within the legal and ethical frameworks required for safe practice.

Indicative module content includes:

• National and local patient safety and risk policy
• Regulation and quality monitoring
• Error reporting
• Human factors
• Adverse Incidents
• Professional codes of conduct and accountability
• Critical incident analysis
• Open and fair cultures
• Decision making in relation to Patient Safety, Quality and Risk
• Data collection and analysis in relation to service improvement and safety plans.

Learning and teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Workshops
• Seminars
• Individual and Group Tutorials
• Asynchronous guided e-learning
• Discussion
• Case Studies / Scenarios
• Groupwork
• Independent Study.

A case study (3000 words) critically evaluating a patient safety incident utilising a range of appropriate tools. Students will examine and justify the appropriateness of the analysis tools utilised in this specific incident and apply this knowledge to their own future practice.

Formative assessment: A short presentation outlining the case study they will discuss in their summative coursework, exploring and justifying the appropriateness of analysis tools utilised in their critical evaluation of the incident. 

Take a look at the module reading list.