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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.
In this module, learners will develop an understanding of what safety culture is and why it matters, how safety culture influences outcomes, how culture is assessed, and how strategies for improvement can be developed. Learners will become familiar with the Just Culture model and how it is used when appropriating blame and accountability for human error, at risk behaviors, and reckless behaviors.
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6 videos2 readings1 assignment
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6 videos•Total 53 minutes
Introduction to Patient Safety Culture•2 minutes
Defining Safety Culture•11 minutes
The Influence of Safety Culture on Patient and Provider Outcomes•11 minutes
Measuring Culture•15 minutes
Just Culture•8 minutes
Application of Just Culture•6 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
11 Tenets of a Safety Culture•10 minutes
CUSP Tool: Culture Check-up Process•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
Lesson 1 Quiz•20 minutes
Patient Safety, Quality, and the Patient Experience
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
The patient experience encompasses a range of interactions patients have with the healthcare system. Understanding patients' expectations and learning from their experiences is key to designing safer care delivery systems and providing patient and family-centered care.
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6 videos4 readings1 assignment
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6 videos•Total 47 minutes
Definitions: Satisfaction, Experience, Engagement, Patient and Family Centered Care•7 minutes
How Do We Measure the Patient Experience?•7 minutes
Patient and Family Centered Care and Engagement•7 minutes
Patient and Family Advisory Council: Definition and Roles•5 minutes
Engaging the Heart of the Caregiver•5 minutes
Using Improvement Science to Create a Positive Sustainable Patient Experience•15 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)•10 minutes
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Hospital Compare•10 minutes
Harnessing Evidence and Experience to Change Culture•10 minutes
Advancing the Practice of Patient and Family Centered Care in Hospitals•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Lesson 2 Quiz•30 minutes
Event Reporting and Second Victims
Module 3•2 hours to complete
Module details
Patient safety event reports are a critical data source for identifying and mitigating harm in high reliability organizations; yet, many healthcare organizations do not take full advantage of this data. At the conclusion of this module, learners will understand how event reports should be used to design safer care systems and how organizations can provide support to staff involved in medical errors.
Using Event Reports to Improve Safety and Culture•3 minutes
Reporting Culture•4 minutes
Using Event Reports to Design Safer Systems: Part I•3 minutes
Using Event Reports to Design Safer Systems: Part II•5 minutes
A Sample Event Review Meeting•13 minutes
Introduction to the Learning from Defects Tool•13 minutes
Disclosure of Medical Errors•3 minutes
Second Victims•8 minutes
Peer Support: Making a Difference for Second Victims•9 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Common Formats•10 minutes
Learning from Defects Tool•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
Lesson 3 Quiz•20 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Journey of an Event Report in Your Organization•10 minutes
Strengthening Safety Culture Through Teamwork
Module 4•3 hours to complete
Module details
Research shows that many errors can be attributed to breakdowns in teamwork and communication. In this module, participants will learn how safety culture can be strengthened though teamwork and communication. Participants will learn skills critical in the prevention and mitigation of medical errors.
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8 videos3 readings1 assignment
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8 videos•Total 94 minutes
Becoming an Expert Team•9 minutes
Teamwork and the Science of Safety•13 minutes
Team Training•16 minutes
Communication•11 minutes
Leadership•13 minutes
Briefings and Debriefings•11 minutes
Measuring Teamwork for Improvement•13 minutes
Cross-unit Collaboration•9 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
TeamSTEPPS 2.0•10 minutes
Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update•10 minutes
Edgar Schein: Humble Inquiry (Optional)•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Lesson 4 Quiz•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Aug 30, 2020
I never thought about presentation simplicity and smooth flow. Well presented and balanced course about safety culture and Team approach.
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Reviewed on May 14, 2019
It is a course with valuable and important information for the strengthening of patient safety systems. I loved!
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Reviewed on Jul 8, 2020
Very Informative. Maybe you can post a video on an actual briefing and debriefing. How to conduct training videos will be much appreciated. But good job!
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