LibGuides: HCA402: Module 2

Module 2 Required Resources

Textbook

Your course textbook can be accessed via the DART eBook link in the Getting Started module.

Textbook: McLaughlin and Kaluzny’s Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care

Sollecito, W. A., Johnson, J. K. (2019). McLaughlin and Kaluzny’s continuous quality improvement in health care (5th ed.). Jones and Barlett Learning.

Read Chapters 6, 7, 9, 10
These chapters will provide you with a description of the approaches to improving quality and an in-depth review of the history, challenges and best practices for improving patient safety in health care.

Videos

Video: Selective Attention
Simmons, D. (2010). Selective attention. You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo
One of the key concepts in patient safety is the importance of maintaining “situation awareness” at all time. Take this fun test to test your situation awareness, and then reflect on how you performed.

Video: Believing and Belonging
Pronovost, P. (2016). Believing and belonging. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=963Mg7TYMH0
Following the death of Josie King, an 18-month-old who died from a medical error at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Provovost shares the journey that Johns Hopkins took to fundamentally change their approach to medical practice to avoid future needless medical errors.