Postgraduate Course: Learning from current practice and governance (PSHF11004)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course will cover external influences (including stress, distractions, fatigue, workload, abusive behaviour and finance), as well as near miss reporting and Auditing and reviews. Monitoring for safety (parts 1 and 2), disclosures and apologies and learning from excellence will also be incorporated.
Course description	This course will cover external influences (including stress, distractions, fatigue, workload, abusive behaviour and finance), as well as near miss reporting and Auditing and reviews. Monitoring for safety (parts 1 and 2), disclosures and apologies and learning from excellence will also be incorporated.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Online Activities 196, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% in course assessment 40% Asynchronous discussion boards. The impact of external factors (stress, fatigue, abusive behaviour) will be discussed on boards (SCQF 11.1) 30% Case Study 1. Students will be asked to think of an issue that may have caused harm or the potential to cause harm (or waste in resource). Discuss the inherent ¿safety¿ issues present within the system and how it can be actively managed using the Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Framework provided. (SCQF 11.2, 11.5) 30% Case study 2. Students will be asked to describe and design a review process for your organisation (or department) that can seek to identify strengths and weaknesses within a complex system, minimise risk of ¿incidents¿ being repeated and function as a transparent, proactive learning and improvement network. (SCQF 11.2, 11.5)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Have knowledge and understanding of the role of external factors (stress, fatigue, abusive behaviour) and their impact upon a healthcare context (SCQF 11.1) Students will have practical and applied knowledge of monitoring and safety policies and methods (SCQF 11.1) Students will be able to critically analyse Monitoring for safety policies make informed judgements in situations in the absence of complete or consistent data/information. To critically appraise the evidence for how team performance impacts on safety & patient outcomes (SCQF 11.3) Students will gain experience creating policy specific materials such as policy briefs for a specific audience (policy makers) (SCQF 11.5)