Preventable Adverse Events
Author: Jassin M. Jouria, MD
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Jassin M. Jouria, MD
Jassin M. Jouria is a medical doctor, professor of academic medicine, and medical author. He graduated from Ross University School of Medicine and has completed his clinical clerkship training in various teaching hospitals throughout New York, including King’s County Hospital Center and Brookdale Medical Center, among others. Dr. Jouria has served as a test prep tutor and instructor for Kaplan. He has developed several medical courses and curricula for a variety of educational institutions. Dr. Jouria has also served on multiple levels in the academic field including faculty member and Department Chair. Dr. Jouria continues to serves as a Subject Matter Expert for several continuing education organizations covering multiple basic medical sciences.
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14
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Course Summary
This course will discuss the definitions of patient safety in detail and the classification of various types of medication and diagnostic errors, which are both preventable and not. There will be an emphasis on the different recommendations and methods on how to improve the major problems in healthcare.
Course Format
Homestudy
Course Syllabus
- Introduction
- Patient Safety Definitions
- Types of Error Causing Adverse Events
- Programs to Prevent Medical Errors
- Discontinuities in Care
- Major and Common Hospital Adverse Event Studies
- Institute of Medicine and AHRQ Reports on Patient Safety
- Common Types of Post-Discharge Adverse Events
- Diagnostic Errors/Misdiagnoses
- Clinical Scenarios
- Inpatient/Post-Discharge Adverse Events and Medical Errors
- Recommendations for Improvement
- Improved Screening Methods to Identify Patients with Adverse Events