Medical Errors: Grave Mistakes – Occupational Therapy

Description

*University & multi-center Licensure available upon request; all courses single user only
* NBCOT®2.5 PDUs
*FLWeb-Interactive 20- for 2 hours
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Client Factors; Intervention; Legal, Legislative & Regulatory Issues

Medical errors can occur in any health care setting: hospitals, physician offices, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities. They can range from no risk/harm to a patient to a medical error that causes the death of a patient. Most often, when thinking about medical errors, health care professionals generally refer to wrong-site surgeries, medication errors and falls. Medical errors, however, also include poor care planning, criminal activities, environmental hazards and poor discharge planning.

This class will.prepare OTs and OTAs to prevent medical errors in any practice setting using current, evidence based information. This course will examine the various types of medical errors, ways to avoid medical errors and case studies to apply what is learned.

Introductory level course. Must pass (80%) online exam to redeem your AOTA APP certificate. Instructional Method: Online book: Online book is available for 365 days from date of purchase.

Objectives

• Define and explore medical errors
• Identify statistics related to medical errors
• Recognize the differences between acts of commission and acts of omission
• Review the different types of medical errors
• Identify the differences between adverse events and sentinel events
•  Review ways to avoid medical errors
• Review effective hand washing protocol
• Apply course knowledge to case studies

Outline

1.  Introduction
   1.  Brief overview of the course
   2.  Course objectives
2. Definition of medical errors
   1.  National statistics
   2.  Florida statistics
   3.  Causes of medical errors
      1.  List of different medical errors
   4.  Acts of commission and omission
      1. Definitions
3.  Types of medical errors
   1.  Misdiagnosis
   2. Unnecessary treatment
   3. Unnecessary testing
   4. Medication errors
   5.  Never events
   6.  Uncoordinated care
   7.  Falls
   8.  Missed warning signs
   9. Infections
   10. Early discharges
   11. Adverse events
       1.  Definition of Sentinel events
       2.  Definition of
   12.  Special populations
       1. Pediatric
       2.  Elderly
   13.  Language barriers
   14. Technical failures
4.  How to avoid medical errors
   1.  Documentation strategies
   2.  Communication strategies
   3.  Safety goals
5.  Reporting medical errors
   1.  Challenges in reporting
   2.  Root Cause Analysis