309.732.01
Human Factors in Patient Safety
- Location:
- East Baltimore
- Term:
- 4th term
- Department:
- Health Policy and Management
- Credits:
- 3 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2015 - 2016
- Class Times:
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- M W, 1:30 - 2:50pm
- Auditors Allowed:
- Yes, with instructor consent
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Course Instructor s:
- Contact:
- Ayse Gurses
- Frequency Schedule:
- Every Other Year
- Next Offered:
- 2021 - 2022
- Resources:
- Prerequisite:
309.730 is strongly recommended, or students must get instructor consent
- Description:
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Provides students with the essential concepts, methods and tools to enable them to design effective patient safety interventions and evaluate their impact.
- Learning Objectives:
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Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe and apply concepts and methods in organizational and human factors literature
- Assess the roles of organizational, system and human factors in patient safety and in provider/patient behavior change more broadly
- Use appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods to identify and prioritize patient safety problems
- Describe and propose designs for successful patient safety interventions
- Identify and address barriers to improvement efforts
- Identify appropriate team members for safety improvement efforts
- Evaluate the outcomes of patient safety interventions
- Methods of Assessment:
class participation (10%); patient safety literature review (20%); project outline/description (15%); group presentation (20%); final paper (35%)
- Enrollment Restriction:
undergraduate students are not permitted in this course
- Instructor Consent:
Consent required for some students
- Consent Note:
Consent required for students who have not taken 309.730.
- For consent, contact: