
Human Factors, Psychological Safety, and Strategies for Error-Proofing A Medical Practice


Medical error prevention has become an integral and crucial aspect for healthcare professionals in all areas and specialties in medical practice. This activity defines and discusses the role of human factors and processes contributing to medical errors while highlighting the importance of psychological safety integration and developing practice strategies based upon a team approach in preventing medical errors.
Educational Objectives:
1. Discuss how human processes and factors can contribute to medical mistakes in clinical practice.
2. Explain how psychological safety can be integrated into your clinical team to create a safe, reliable, and accountable environment.
3. Explain how a team approach to practising strategy can help prevent medical mistakes from happening in clinical practice.
Estimated time to complete this activity is 1 hour.
This activity is jointly provided by Your CE Source and eMedEd.