HNN749 - Patient Safety and Risk Management

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Stephane Bouchoucha
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in H568, H569, H575, H645, H665, H666, H667, H668, H669, H672, H675, H771, H777, M701, M703
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: HNN718
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 5 x 1 hour online seminars (recordings provided)

Content

This unit has as its focus a critical examination of patient safety and risk management in health care contexts, locally and globally. Particular attention is given to human error theory and clinical governance as overarching guiding factors for progressing patient safety and taking a systems approach to reducing the incidence and impact of preventable adverse events in health care domains. Students will critically examine the organisational contexts in which adverse events occur, the role of clinical governance in facilitating a systematic approach to reducing the incidence. Considerations are also given to the impact of preventable adverse events in clinical practice, principles and processes of human error management, system and human factor enablers and barriers to achieving safe health care, patient safety competencies (individual and institutional), accountability and responsibility for patient safety and risk management in health care.

Week 1: Introduction to Patient Safety and Management
Week 2: Human Error Theory and Human Factors
Week 3: Organisational Contexts and Systems
Week 4: Clinical Governance
Week 5: Human Error Management
Week 6: Using QI Methods to Improve Safety (Part 1)
Week 7: Using QI Methods to Improve Safety (Part 2)
Week 8: Engaging with Patients and Carers
Week 9: Patient Safety in Primary Care and in the Home

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Integrate the theory and practice of patient safety, risk management and clinical governance in healthcare settings to improve patient outcomes.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Examine and articulate the roles and responsibilities of health service providers including health service managers, clinical leaders and practitioners, in ensuring patient safety and managing risk in health care settings.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Critically discuss the theoretical underpinnings of patient safety and risk management and their implications for policy and practice in health care.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Propose strategies to prevent and mitigate patient safety and risk management issues encountered in everyday health care practice.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving


Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1:  Assignment 2000 words 40%
  • Week 6
Assessment 2: Critical analysis Assignment 3000 words 60%
  • Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN749 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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