Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety and Medical Error Disclosure

The College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago will offer this Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety and Medical Error Disclosure through The Global Campus, providing working professionals the opportunity to expand their experience through quality online education.

The health care environment requires a systems-oriented, inter-professional, and patient-centered approach for optimal patient success. New skills and attitudes are required to meet the changing needs of patients in a medical environment that has become one of multilayered systems, informatics, assessment, outcomes, and quality indicators. This certificate will ensure that students are prepared to meet the evolving requirements of challenging health care environments.

With a learner-focused environment, the Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety and Medical Error Disclosure equips learners with opportunities to become leaders in the advancement of patient safety and quality health care. Learners gain an understanding of the foundations of patient safety and quality care; effective communication and collaboration skills with patients, families and other professionals; and the skills necessary to implement medical error disclosure and risk reduction programs.

With hospital and health care agencies increasingly designing and implementing new patient safety practices, health care workers will benefit from the professional credentials earned in the Patient Safety Leadership program. Students will also benefit from the focus on inter-professional teamwork communication and collaboration, medical error science, and health care leadership in a culture of safety. By attending to the issues of patient safety and creating plans to effectively reduce risk and potential for error, students will gain the knowledge and skill to design and implement a comprehensive approach to error science management. In today's complex health care environment, expanding one's skills and knowledge will increase opportunities for career growth.

An additional benefit of the Patient Safety Leadership program is that learners with professional licenses may be able to use courses in program toward continuing education requirements. Students are encouraged to contact their licensing accrediting body for details.

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