309.732.11
Human Factors in Patient Safety
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
End Date
Friday, June 29, 2018
W, Th, F, 9:00am - 5:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Resources
Prerequisite
309.730 is strongly recommended, or students must get instructor consent
Provides students with the essential concepts, methods and tools to enable them to design effective patient safety interventions and evaluate their impact.
Learning Objectives
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
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate students are not permitted in this course