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In Safe Hands: How to Prevent Errors? The Foundations of Patient Safety

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Course director

  • Némethné Tóth Ildikó

    assistant professor,
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-ERR-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • both
Prerequisites:

OAP-SPR-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 30

Topic

First Day at a New Workplace

The first day in a new department feels like stepping into an unfamiliar place. Rules here, rules there, and of course, countless sideways glances suggesting, "You don't even know this?" These are things they don't teach you at university. And then there's the nagging thought: Am I doing everything right?

Through practical examples and minimal theory, let's explore what can help you navigate the world of healthcare.

Lectures

  • 1.

    What is patient safety?

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 2.

    Why applying human factors is important for patient safety

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 3.

    Understanding systems and the effect of complexity on patient care

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 4.

    Learning from errors to prevent harm

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 5.

    Understanding and managing clinical risk

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 6.

    Using quality-improvement methods to improve care

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 7.

    Being an effective team player. Communication from doctor to doctor.

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 8.

    Engaging with patients and carers

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 9.

    Infection prevention and control

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 10.

    Patient safety and invasive procedures

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 11.

    Improving medication safety

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó
  • 12.

    Evidence based medicine and quality insurance

    - Némethné Tóth Ildikó

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Presentations

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

Liam Donaldson: Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management. Springer (open access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59403-9)

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Online asynchronous work in 50%,  Final test result in 25 % and a 2 page Essay in 25%

Mid-term exams

Solution of the asynchronous work and one essay from a patient safety process.

Making up for missed classes

A 2 page essay should be written with own opinion about patient safety.

Exam topics/questions

Test questions and an essay

Examiners

  • Némethné Tóth Ildikó

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Némethné Tóth Ildikó
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