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Florida Board Approved-- Prevention of Medical Errors - #50-20641

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This course covers medical errors and how to apply strategies for prevention. Healthcare professionals who take this medical errors course will be able to discuss the impact of human error, identify where these errors tend to happen and explain programs that reduce medical errors. 

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with an understanding of what a medical error is, and how Root Cause Analysis identifies flawed processes and systems to prevent recurrences of those errors.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the two primary types of medical error
• Define an adverse event
• Explain the importance of near misses in preventing future medical errors
• Define a sentinel event
• Explain how errors are analyzed and the role of Root Cause analysis in this process.