Drug Safety And Medication Errors In Healthcare Institutes

What you'll learn
Define side effects, adverse drug reactions, medication error, near miss and adverse drug event
Understand the scale of medication error
Understand the steps involved in a patient using medication and how errors can occur in each step
Identify factors that contribute to medication errors
Describe practices that been shown to reduce errors
Requirements
Basic understanding of healthcare
Description
Medication use has become increasingly complex in recent times. Medication error is a major cause of preventable patient harm. Medication errors can happen anywhere, any time. It has a huge impact on patients and their families.Through this course, you will be able toefine side effects, adverse drug reactions, adverse drug event, medication error and near missUnderstand the scale of medication errorUnderstand the steps involved in a typical medication use process and how errors can occur in each stepIdentify factors that contribute to medication errorsDescribe practices that been shown to reduce errorsThere are 5 sections to this course, namely:Introduction and terminologiesWhere do medication errors occur in the medication use process?Why do medication errors occur? Factors that contributes to medication errorsSteps to reduce medication errorsEnsuring safety at each step of the medication use processQuizzes are specially made to ensure learners understand the concepts well. Questions are also specially crafted to reflect situations in real practice. Through this course, I am confident that you will become a safer healthcare professional and contribute to building a safer healthcare system. Join us on this journey as we strive to make healthcare safer for all!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction and terminologies
Lecture 1 Section 1
Section 2: Where do medication errors occur in the medication use process?
Lecture 2 Section 2
Section 3: Why medication errors occur? Factors that contributes to medication errors
Lecture 3 Section 3
Section 4: Steps to reduce medication errors
Lecture 4 Section 4
Section 5: Ensuring safety at each step of the medication use process
Lecture 5 Section 5
Section 6: Conclusion
Lecture 6 Conclusion
Any practicing or aspiring healthcare professional or student