Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Modules

Module 3: The “Science” of Human Error

1. Introduction to Course

2. History of Patient Safety

3. The Science of Human Error

4. The Analysis of Medical Error

5. Evidence-Based Medical Practice

6. Communication and Information Transfer

7. Adverse Patient Outcomes

8. The Role of the Patient and Family

9. Environmental Safety in the Medical Setting

10. Safe Medical Practice In Ambulatory Settings

The Problem

All mammals need sleep. They need full brain sleep (some birds can allow ½ of the brain to sleep at a time and sleep on the wing). They need REM sleep. Humans need nocturnal sleep with a single sleep period based on a 12 hour night.

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