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Course description

This course is based on the National Patient Safety Curriculum Framework [1] theme of clinical teamwork and communication which underpin safe patient care. It teaches clinicians and clinical leaders current theory and best practice techniques designed to improve patient safety through improving individual and team performance in health services. It introduces sytems thinking and clinical risk management theory as well as common standard operating procedures in communication and teamwork, including clinical handover systems and processes. Team theory is experienced through applied clinical case studies, especially focussed on ad hoc, distributed and multidisciplinary teams which are the most common team forms in health services.