Event Title
Development of an Inter-professional Root Cause Analysis Workshop within a Required Medication Safety Course
Start Date
10-29-2016 9:45 AM
End Date
10-29-2016 10:45 AM
Description
Purpose: To present the development/delivery of an Interprofessional Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Workshop by colleges of pharmacy and nursing at a health sciences university.
Background: Hospitals and regulatory agencies emphasize the significance of patient safety and recommend that medication/patient safety principles be introduced in health care professions’ education. A college of pharmacy’s required Medication Safety course introduces essential content on principles including culture of medication safety, error reporting systems, medication error causes and technology’s influence on errors. One key course element is completing a team-based RCA. This assignment was completed solely by Pharm.D. students (fall 2009-2014). Given increased emphasis on IPE, pharmacy faculty partnered with nursing to deliver the program to both disciplines in fall 2015.
Description of program: This 2-hour, interprofessional workshop was incorporated into the Medication Safety course for ~ 75 pharmacy students and a required Medical Surgical Clinical Management II course for ~ 125 nursing students.
Preliminary findings: Overall performance during this RCA Workshop was high. Each team accurately identified the medication error present in their assigned case. Survey results illustrated that 98% of students agreed/strongly agreed that the workshop contributed to their learning by creating an experience emphasizing the importance of interprofessional teamwork in preventing medication errors.
Relevance to interprofessional education or practice: Given the significant roles and responsibilities of pharmacists and nurses in the medication use process, this RCA Workshop was created to mimic a “real world” medication safety healthcare team. Participation enhanced student comprehension and application of medication safety principles and awareness of the roles and contributions of the different health professionals.
Recommendations for future investigation and/or incorporation into education and/or practice settings: The faculty will conduct this program again to assess outcomes linked to core competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (i.e. values/ethics, communication). The long-term goal is to include additional health professions students.
Session Learning Objectives:
- The audience will be able to describe how a novel, collaborative Inter-professional RCA Workshop was used to facilitate inter-professional learning.
- Describe how a RCA workshop may be able to assist students in meeting IPEC Core Competencies.
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Development of an Inter-professional Root Cause Analysis Workshop within a Required Medication Safety Course
Purpose: To present the development/delivery of an Interprofessional Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Workshop by colleges of pharmacy and nursing at a health sciences university.
Background: Hospitals and regulatory agencies emphasize the significance of patient safety and recommend that medication/patient safety principles be introduced in health care professions’ education. A college of pharmacy’s required Medication Safety course introduces essential content on principles including culture of medication safety, error reporting systems, medication error causes and technology’s influence on errors. One key course element is completing a team-based RCA. This assignment was completed solely by Pharm.D. students (fall 2009-2014). Given increased emphasis on IPE, pharmacy faculty partnered with nursing to deliver the program to both disciplines in fall 2015.
Description of program: This 2-hour, interprofessional workshop was incorporated into the Medication Safety course for ~ 75 pharmacy students and a required Medical Surgical Clinical Management II course for ~ 125 nursing students.
Preliminary findings: Overall performance during this RCA Workshop was high. Each team accurately identified the medication error present in their assigned case. Survey results illustrated that 98% of students agreed/strongly agreed that the workshop contributed to their learning by creating an experience emphasizing the importance of interprofessional teamwork in preventing medication errors.
Relevance to interprofessional education or practice: Given the significant roles and responsibilities of pharmacists and nurses in the medication use process, this RCA Workshop was created to mimic a “real world” medication safety healthcare team. Participation enhanced student comprehension and application of medication safety principles and awareness of the roles and contributions of the different health professionals.
Recommendations for future investigation and/or incorporation into education and/or practice settings: The faculty will conduct this program again to assess outcomes linked to core competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (i.e. values/ethics, communication). The long-term goal is to include additional health professions students.
Session Learning Objectives:
- The audience will be able to describe how a novel, collaborative Inter-professional RCA Workshop was used to facilitate inter-professional learning.
- Describe how a RCA workshop may be able to assist students in meeting IPEC Core Competencies.