| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient And Employee Safety | SKY303 | 5. Semester | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Narrative Discussion Question and Answer Report Preparation and/or Presentation |
| Course Coordinator |
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Nurullah KURUTKAN |
| Instructors |
Mehmet Nurullah KURUTKAN |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | The main objective is to minimise situations that lead to harm to patients. |
| Course Content | Adverse event, Six objectives, National patient safety objectives, JCI, sentinel cases, reporting systems, ICPS standard, basic reports and basic institutions, patient safety in the light of SKS and SAS |
| Learning Outcomes |
- 1. Concepts used in Patient Safety in Health Services - 2. Measures and research methods used in Patient Safety in Health Services and how to interpret them - 3. How to apply the concepts, measures and research methods used in Patient Safety in Health Services to the planning function - 4. How to apply the concepts, measures and research methods used in Patient Safety in Health Services to the organisation function - 5. How to apply the concepts and criteria used in Patient Safety in Health Services to the research orientation function - 6. How to apply the concepts, measures and research methods used in Patient Safety in Health Services to the audit function |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Key concepts | Visual Presentation Research Verbal Expression |
| 2. Week | WHO 12 Action Area | Visual Presentation Research Verbal Expression |
| 3. Week | JCI and Patient Safety Goals | Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 4. Week | Concept of Sentinel | Research Visual Presentation Verbal Expression |
| 5. Week | ICPS standards | Visual Presentation Research Verbal Expression |
| 6. Week | Patient safety solutions | Research Visual Presentation Verbal Expression |
| 7. Week | Leapfrog and patient safety | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research |
| 8. Week | IHI and patient safety | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research |
| 9. Week | Safe surgery | Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 10. Week | Medication safety | Verbal Expression Research Visual Presentation |
| 11. Week | Fall prevention | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research |
| 12. Week | Nosocomial Infection | Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 13. Week | Patient Safety Culture | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research |
| 14. Week | Hand off or Hand over (effective communication mechanisms and patient safety) | Visual Presentation Research Verbal Expression |
| Vikan, M., Haugen, A. S., Bjørnnes, A. K., Valeberg, B. T., Deilkås, E. C. T., & Danielsen, S. O. (2023). The association between patient safety culture and adverse events–a scoping review. BMC health services research, 23(1), 300. |
| Al-Worafi, Y. (2023). Patient safety in developing countries: Education, research, case studies. CRC Press. |
| Lyndon, A., Davis, D. A., Sharma, A. E., & Scott, K. A. (2023). Emotional safety is patient safety. BMJ Quality & Safety, 32(7), 369-372. |
| Doyon, O., & Raymond, L. (2024). Surveillance and patient safety in nursing research: A bibliometric analysis from 1993 to 2023. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(2), 777-788. |
| McMillan, M., & Pang, D. S. (2024). Introduction to Patient Safety. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: The Sixth Edition of Lumb and Jones, 24-39. |
| Leape, L. L. (1994). Error in medicine. Jama, 272(23), 1851-1857. |
| Berwick, D. M., & Leape, L. L. (1999). Reducing errors in medicine: It's time to take this more seriously. |
| Brown, A., & Patterson, D. A. (2001, July). To err is human. In Proceedings of the First Workshop on evaluating and architecting system dependability (EASY’01). |
| Baker, A. (2001). Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century (Vol. 323, No. 7322, p. 1192). British Medical Journal Publishing Group. |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| PY3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| PY4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | - |
| PY5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 |
| PY6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| PY7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - |
| PY8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| PY11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| PY12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| PY13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Midterm 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Final | 31 | 1 | 31 |
| Practice | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Classroom Activities | 42 | 2 | 84 |
| Total Workload | 153 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6.0 | ||
