Safety culture is a facet of organizational culture that captures attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and values about safety. A culture of safety is essential in high reliability organizations and is a critical mechanism for the delivery of safe and high-quality care. It requires a strong commitment from leadership and staff. In this course, a safe culture is promoted through the use of identifying and reporting patient safety hazards, accountability and transparency, involvement with patients and families, and effective teamwork.
This course is part of the Patient Safety Specialization
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Review essential elements of a safety culture.
Describe how healthcare organizations identify and mitigate safety hazards.
Identify how patients and family members contribute to developing a safety culture.
Identify strategies for improving communication and teamwork .
Skills you will gain
- Communication
- Healthcare Leadership
- Organizational Culture
- Patient Safety
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Patient Safety Culture and Just Culture
Patient Safety, Quality, and the Patient Experience
Event Reporting and Second Victims
Strengthening Safety Culture Through Teamwork
Reviews
- 5 stars81.97%
- 4 stars17%
- 3 stars0.50%
- 1 star0.50%
TOP REVIEWS FROM SETTING THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS: AN EYE ON SAFETY CULTURE AND TEAMWORK (PATIENT SAFETY II)
I enjoyed the course. The examples were relatable. I hope to use the principles to improve patient safety in my area of work.
This course is really helpful and provides an insight how to report events, how to train people, how to conduct briefing and debriefing. I recommend everyone working in hospitals to take this course.
I have learnt numerous concepts and provided me links to resources that can help program planning
Thanks a lot for coursera about this course, I gained a lot of benefits from this course
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