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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Clinical Sciences : Patient Safety and Human Factors

Postgraduate Course: Learning from current practice and governance (PSHF11004)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Clinical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Online Activities 196, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Have knowledge and understanding of the role of external factors (stress, fatigue, abusive behaviour) and their impact upon a healthcare context (SCQF 11.1)
  2. Students will have practical and applied knowledge of monitoring and safety policies and methods (SCQF 11.1)
  3. 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)
  4. Students will gain experience creating policy specific materials such as policy briefs for a specific audience (policy makers) (SCQF 11.5)
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordspatient safety,patient safety practice,patient safety governance
Contacts
Course organiserMiss Domenica Coxon
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Domenica.Coxon@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Domenica Coxon
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Domenica.Coxon@ed.ac.uk
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