title: Key performance outcomes of patient safety curricula: root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and structured communications skills.
abstract: As colleges and schools of pharmacy develop core courses related to patient safety, course-level outcomes will need to include both knowledge and performance measures. Three key performance outcomes for patient safety coursework, measured at the course level, are the ability to perform root cause analyses and healthcare failure mode effects analyses, and the ability to generate effective safety communications using structured formats such as the Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) situational briefing model. Each of these skills is widely used in patient safety work and competence in their use is essential for a pharmacist's ability to contribute as a member of a patient safety team.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, 99210-1495, USA. fassett@wsu.edu
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Fassett
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000592:standards; D060891:Root Cause Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*
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