Prevention Of Medical Errors Course For Health Care Providers

By Coleen Torres


In the health related field, several mistakes due occur some due to negligence and others ignorance on the professionals side. This badly affects both the family and the patients because while some of the mistakes may be reversible, some are irreversible and permanent such as amputating of body parts etc . Some mistakes may also result to death. It is because of such mistakes that the prevention of medical errors course are advisable to be taken by medics.

While in a medical school, it is hard for a student to cover all that is required or needed to become a full medical professional. This is why it is necessary to take the short courses that will help them become well equipped and prepared to become a good and better professional and give one all the wanted knowledge in the field. The studying can be done after completion of the medical training or during the study.

The main aim/objective of this course is to prevent the many mistakes that might happen and also to show that the medic has the knowledge to take care of any medical related situation and can identify the root cause of a problem and also be able to explain the cause and know solution. After the cause they should be able to know how to prevent the problem from happening again and how the patients and their family should take care of themselves.

The study also shows the health care providers the effects of not having enough knowledge might have from the errors done either knowingly or unknowingly. A patient might also die or lose a apart of their bodies or even be disabled because of their carelessness or lack of knowledge. They learn to become more careful.

The other objective that could also affect the medical professionals is that they could be sued by the patients family for negligence. The family of the patient also loose so much in that they will still have to pay for the mistakes of the service providers for things such as corrective surgery and even the time and money spent in the courts if they so decide to sue the hospital.

The medic also get to know that it advantageous to them to have this knowledge because without it they risk being jobless and going to jail due to negligence and preventable mistakes made by them. They also learn to know whether a diagnosis was done correctly or if it is wrong and of course they know how to correct it in good time to save the patient. They are also able to explain a medical error.

The benefits of the study to the health care providers are also numerous such as, no risk of doing the wrong treatment on a patient which might cause you to lose your job, confidence while working on a patient, knowing exactly how to deal with different problems, and knowing how to identify a certain problem and any corrective measures to take.

These short courses are usually ignored and not taken seriously by many not only medics but others in other courses too but in real sense they add knowledge and empowerment to an individual and the society at large.




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