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

Postgraduate Course: Training for safety (PSHF11005)

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 the following topics: The Individual, Team and Simulation/workshops.
Course description This course will cover the following topics: The Individual, Team and Simulation/workshops.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, 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
40% Asynchronous discussion boards. Simulation exercise will be discussed on boards (SCQF 11.1)
30% Reflective virtual Poster (standard academic poster guidelines with 2 minute explanatory audit) account of Training Safety issue of their choosing (SCQF 11.4) Pebble Pad online Portfolio tool can be used for this potentially.
30% Independent Essay - Students will be asked to submit an essay applying their reflective poster issue in greater detail around a training issue of their choice. Submit an essay of no more than 2000 words (SCQF 11.5, 11.3)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Have a critical understanding of the principle theories and concepts of Training for safety, including simulation of healthcare delivery (SCQF 11.1)
  2. Be able to carry communicate to peers how training for safety has impacted their workplace (SCQF 11.4)
  3. Reflect upon their practical experience in their own workplace setting of demonstrating leadership and making an identifiable contribution to change and development and new thinking (SCQF 11.5, 11.3)
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordstraining for safety,patient safety
Contacts
Course organiserMiss Domenica Coxon
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Domenica.Coxon@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Dawn Shennan
Tel: 0131 242 6478
Email: dshennan@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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