Section: Module 5: Learning From Error | Patient Safety | NextGenU.org

  • Learning Outcomes:

    After this Module, you should be able to:

    • Explain what is an error and violation.
    • Describe the two types of errors.
    • List situations associated with high risk of error.
    • Delineate individual factors that predispose healthcare providers to errors.
    • Elucidate ways to learn from errors, namely incident reporting and root cause analysis.
    • Using a healthcare error that occurred in your setting as an example, reflect on the individual factors that may have predisposed the healthcare professional(s) to commit this error.

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      Quiz: Learning From Error