Concepts of risk/ quality assurance and governance


The psychology of decision making and understanding cognitive bias Emotional intelligence and resilience


Speaking out in organisations


Raising and escalating concerns / whistleblowing


Strategies for ethical decision making


Ensuring patient safety and person-centred care


Duty of candour, courage and transparency in organisations

Theories of organisation and its influences on care Workplace culture

Leadership and management as concepts

This module will develop your understanding of human factors, their impact on care and your role as a health professional in identifying, reporting and managing risk. You will consider how adverse events can be learnt from to inform both future practice and decision making to enhance patient safety.

Lead lectures

Group work

Group presentations

Online learning – Multimedia resources
Simulation

Ariely, D. (2009) Predictably Irrational, the hidden forces that shape our decisions. London. Harper Collins. Kahneman, D. (2012) Thinking Fast and Slow. London. Penguin.
Syed, M. (2016) Blackbox Thinking. London. John Murray.

Access to online learning materials via VLE

Simulation labs

During this module, members of our service user and carer group will be involved in scenario writing with the module team (for assessment) and also in teaching/sharing experiences related to patient safety.

Enrolled on BSc (Hons) Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship

1. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of human factors and their impact on risk and decision making for patient safety.

2. Evaluate and analyse the concept of uncertainty and the management of risk, including evidence-based strategies to manage self and others

3. Demonstrate a critical awareness of organisational issues in assessing, monitoring and evaluating human factors and their impact on care including the principles of candour, courage and transparency recognising the impact of individual behaviour

4. Critically reflect on the role of health care professionals in identifying, reporting and managing risk, near miss, adverse events, errors in practice, critical major incidents and how to apply learning from these events.

Case review (field specific scenario) written assignment

Students will be provided with materials for the case review or case studies to appraise. This assessment will meet all learning outcomes. Formative feedback via group tutorials