Medical Emergencies and Human Error - Managing Risk, Improving Services

Program Overview

This blended-learning module in Medical Emergency Simulations is part of the Master's in Medical and Healthcare Simulation program. Taught by Dr. Ken Spearpoint, it focuses on enhancing assessment and diagnostic skills for medical emergencies, emphasizing patient safety and improvement. Students should have relevant employment experience and access to appropriate practice settings.

Program Outline

Teaching:

• Teaching methods: Blended learning, combining e-learning activities with campus-based learning.
• Faculty: Ken Spearpoint

Other:

• The module is part of the Master in Medical and Healthcare Simulation.
• The module is designed to enhance and extend students' assessment, diagnostic, management, and documentation skills for a range of medical emergency situations with a focus on patient safety and service improvement.
• Students should have employment or access to an appropriate area of practice.
• Full-time students should have had relevant and recent work experience.
• The module is taught at the University of Hertfordshire College Lane Campus, Hatfield.
• Students need to have access to a suitable personal computer and a good reliable Internet connection (broadband recommended).