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We’re bringing pharmacy, medical and nursing professionals together for a series of multidisciplinary educational webinars focusing on the safer use of medicines.
Developed and delivered in collaboration with Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) the series will focus on human factors.
By sharing expertise and best practice between professions, the series aims to promote a multidisciplinary approach to medication safety and continuously improve the systems you work in.
What are human factors?
It is estimated that 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year (CQC, 2022). Therefore, it is a priority to reduce medication-related harm. The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched their third global patient safety challenge – ‘Medication Without Harm’ which aims to reduce severe avoidable medication-related harm by 50% in 5 years (WHO, 2017).
With pressure on healthcare growing, clinical and medication errors are more likely to occur, often, not due to one specific factor. It is vital that we design healthcare systems to make it easy to do the right thing and hard to do the wrong thing, which is where Human Factors comes in.
The term ‘Human Factors’ relates to the individual, organisational and environmental factors that influence our behaviours and actions. By better understanding what Human Factors are, you can play a vital role in building robust systems and processes to minimise risk to patients and improve quality of care.
Together we will learn from real life examples to help you relate human factors to your day to day practice, understand when interventions should be implemented, and be equipped with practical tools and solutions you can use in your practice to improve medication and patient safety.
Webinar 1: Exploring Human Factors: Truths, Myths and Practical Insights
Tuesday 22 October, 7pm- 8pm, Online via Zoom
During this webinar you will hear from experts in Human Factors and Health Psychology on how the marriage of these two disciplines can help to prevent and develop solutions to patient safety challenges in healthcare.
You can look forward to a discussion about the truths and myths surrounding Human Factors in healthcare.
Behavioural Science frameworks such as the COM-B model of behaviour will be described and applied to real-life patient safety scenarios.
Expert speakers will share their experiences of applying a blend of Human Factors and Behavioural frameworks to gain practical insights for the application to everyday patient care, drawing on Methotrexate prescribing as a case study example.
After attending the webinar you will be able to:
- Define the term ‘human factors’ and recognise what human factors is as well as the common misconceptions
- Describe why human factors is important for medication safety
- Combine behavioural science and systems frameworks in real-life patient safety scenarios
- Recognise opportunities for Human Factors interventions in your own practice.
Chair:
Dr Yogini Jani, Clinical Safety Lead - Digital Healthcare, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Speakers:
Dr Helen Vosper, Chartered Ergonomist, Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen
Professor Delyth James, Professor of Health Psychology in Pharmacy Practice, Applied Psychology, Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Upcoming webinars in the series:
- Tuesday 26 November 2024
- Tuesday 21 January 2025
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
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