Abstract
Background: The importance of actively working with other professionals, as part of a single team, is well embedded in discussions relating to effective healthcare. The need for effective teamwork specifically in relation to patient safety is also widely acknowledged; however healthcare has traditionally been poor at building teams and professional groups tend to function semi-autonomously and autocratically.1
Objective: This study aims to gain the views and experiences of students from nursing, pharmacy and medicine involved in an interprofessional workshop in medication safety.
Setting and methods: Interprofessional workshops involving students from nursing, pharmacy and medicine were delivered using case studies involving medication incidents. Focus groups were used to investigate participant’s views and experiences of the workshop.
Results: Focus groups were completed with 22 students. Five main themes were identified from the focus group data relating to medication safety; these were increasing confidence, insight into roles, improving skills, culture of responsibility and application to future practice.
Conclusions: This study represents a model for delivery of training that has demonstrated improvement in the students’ attitudes towards team working and is a first step towards introducing team working into the medication safety program. The programme continues to run using live and virtual workshops.
1. Leape LL. A systems analysis approach to medical error. J Clin Eval Clin Pract. 1997. 3, 3, 213-222.
Objective: This study aims to gain the views and experiences of students from nursing, pharmacy and medicine involved in an interprofessional workshop in medication safety.
Setting and methods: Interprofessional workshops involving students from nursing, pharmacy and medicine were delivered using case studies involving medication incidents. Focus groups were used to investigate participant’s views and experiences of the workshop.
Results: Focus groups were completed with 22 students. Five main themes were identified from the focus group data relating to medication safety; these were increasing confidence, insight into roles, improving skills, culture of responsibility and application to future practice.
Conclusions: This study represents a model for delivery of training that has demonstrated improvement in the students’ attitudes towards team working and is a first step towards introducing team working into the medication safety program. The programme continues to run using live and virtual workshops.
1. Leape LL. A systems analysis approach to medical error. J Clin Eval Clin Pract. 1997. 3, 3, 213-222.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 18 Oct 2013 |
| Event | School of Medicine Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Centre for Medical Education break out session Annual Education Away Day 2013 - Riddel Hall, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Oct 2013 → 18 Oct 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | School of Medicine Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Centre for Medical Education break out session Annual Education Away Day 2013 |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Belfast |
| Period | 18/10/2013 → 18/10/2013 |