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Safety of Work Environment and Patients
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:09.06.2020 17:12:21
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_596 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solvita Smilgzieda | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu iela 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, lfrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The concept and concept of health, microbiology with virosolology and parazitology, general care, control of infections in care, public health and epidemiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Understanding causation leading to undesirable outcomes in the course of treatment for both patients and personnel, the methods to be applied for identifying risks and contributing factors and increasing patient and personnel safety on the basis of compliance with the principles of the system and human factor or ergonomics. Present new initiatives, recommendations and examples of good practice in Europe. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Basic conditions for patient and personnel safety, the role of the human factor or ergonomics and organisation system as regards the outcome of the treatment process — patient and personnel safety and health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The latest ideas on safety management methods and their use in practice. Patient safety, labour protection system requirements, regulatory documents regulating patient safety and the safety of the working environment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Workshop: Risks to patient safety and the working environment, adverse events and methods for their analysis, measures to mitigate risks and their impacts, mandatory health checks for healthcare workers. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Health risk factors for the working environment, their breakdown, their assessment. Concept and tasks of occupational medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Occupational psychoemotional factors and associated disorders (burn-out syndrome, professional stress, fatigue behind compassion), prevention measures. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Reading and analysis of literature, discussion in working groups, evaluation of documents, video materials and situations, formulation of views, independent presentation and presentation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Case analysis (50%), presentation with discussion and answers to questions (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to describe causation leading to an unwanted outcome in patient and personnel safety. Will be able to record the role of the working environment and risk factors for health workers. Students will be able to explain various biosecurity criteria for health-care patients. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Independently assess and explain the role of environmental health as a deterrent to environmental science and medicine in the preservation of patient and personnel health. Will be able to assess the risks to patient safety and the working environment and the factors affecting them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Analyse situations, measures to prevent and reduce environmental harmful factors. Assess and explain the patient safety criteria. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga : Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2012 | ||||||||
| 2 | Psihosociālā darba vide. Rīga (LBAS un LM), 2010 | ||||||||
| 3 | Darba higiēna. Rīga, LM, 2003 | ||||||||
| 4 | Veselības aprūpes sistēmas kvalitātes pilnveidošanas un pacientu drošības koncepcija | ||||||||
| 5 | Autoru kolektīvs. Pacientu un personāla drošība. RSU, 2012. | ||||||||
| 6 | Eiropas Parlaments. Kopā par veselību. ES stratēiskā pieeja 2008.-2013. gadam. http://eur-ex. Europa. Eu/ ex.europa.eu/ LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri= OJ:C:2010:009E:0056:0064:LV:PDF | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | K. Circenis, L. Deklava, I. Millere. Izdegšanas sindroms, trauksme un depresija garīgās veselības aprūpes māsām. (RSU 2010. gada medicīnas nozares pētnieciskā darba publikācijas 1. sējums, Rīga: RSU 2011), ISSN 1407-9453 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.patientsafesolutions.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.patientsafetyfirst.ie/ | ||||||||
