Postgraduate Course: Learning from current practice and governance (PSHF11004)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will cover external influences (including stress, distractions, fatigue, workload, abusive behaviour and finance), as well as near miss reporting and Auditing and reviews. Monitoring for safety (parts 1 and 2), disclosures and apologies and learning from excellence will also be incorporated. |
| Course description |
This course will cover external influences (including stress, distractions, fatigue, workload, abusive behaviour and finance), as well as near miss reporting and Auditing and reviews. Monitoring for safety (parts 1 and 2), disclosures and apologies and learning from excellence will also be incorporated.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Online Activities 196,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% in course assessment
20% Asynchronous discussion boards. The impact of external factors (stress, fatigue, abusive behaviour) will be discussed on boards (SCQF 11.1)
40% Case study 1 policy analysis of stress case study: group work wiki on a choice of case studies with a one page policy brief output. This will include peer marking via a WebPA (SCQF 11.2, 11.5)
40% Case study 2 policy analysis of abusive behaviour: group work wiki with a one page policy brief. This will include peer marking via a WebPA (SCQF 11.2, 11.5)
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have knowledge and understanding of the role of external factors (stress, fatigue, abusive behaviour) and their impact upon a healthcare context (SCQF 11.1)
- Students will have practical and applied knowledge of monitoring and safety policies and methods (SCQF 11.1)
- Students will be able to critically analyse Monitoring for safety policies make informed judgements in situations in the absence of complete or consistent data/information. To critically appraise the evidence for how team performance impacts on safety & patient outcomes (SCQF 11.3)
- Students will gain experience creating policy specific materials such as policy briefs for a specific audience (policy makers) (SCQF 11.5)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | patient safety,patient safety practice,patient safety governance |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Miss Domenica Coxon
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Domenica.Coxon@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Domenica Coxon
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Domenica.Coxon@ed.ac.uk |
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