Perceptions of human factors and patient safety in undergraduate healthcare education: A multidisciplinary perspective.

IF 1.4 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Patricia Sheehan, Aoife Fleming, Suzanne McCarthy, Aislinn Joy
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Abstract

Background: Adoption of Human Factors (HF) principles to healthcare can help to jointly optimise work systems performance and human wellbeing. A recent systematic review identified a lack of formal patient safety (PS) and HF education in undergraduate healthcare curricula. To address this gap, qualitative research is needed to explore faculty and student perspectives, offering a deeper understanding of current educational practices and potential areas for development.

Aim: To gain an understanding of faculty and student perceptions relating to PS and HF education in undergraduate medical and pharmacy programmes at an Irish university.

Methods: Sampling was purposive and included faculty and undergraduate senior cycle students from the disciplines of medicine and pharmacy. Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted with faculty and five uni-professional focus groups were conducted with students. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Results: Five overarching themes were identified: DISCUSSION: Participants considered HF to be important for PS education but there was a lack of shared understanding around its meaning. There was a lack of robust competency frameworks underpinning existing PS/HF content. Findings indicate that much PS learning was implicit and occurring while students are on clinical placement. A perceived disconnect between the academic and clinical environments was a recurring theme.

Conclusion: This study identifies faculty and student perceptions of gaps relating to HF/PS teaching in undergraduate medicine and pharmacy education in an Irish context. Increased synergy between the academic and clinical environments may help optimise PS/HF learning.

在本科医疗保健教育中的人为因素和患者安全的看法:一个多学科的观点。
背景:在医疗保健中采用人为因素(HF)原则可以帮助共同优化工作系统绩效和人类福祉。最近的一项系统综述发现,在本科医疗保健课程中缺乏正式的患者安全(PS)和心衰教育。为了解决这一差距,需要进行定性研究,以探索教师和学生的观点,从而更深入地了解当前的教育实践和潜在的发展领域。目的:了解爱尔兰一所大学本科医学和药学课程中教师和学生对PS和HF教育的看法。方法:采用有目的的抽样方法,抽样对象为医学和药学专业的教师和本科高年级学生。对教师进行了11次半结构化访谈,对学生进行了5次非专业焦点小组访谈。数据分析采用反身性主题分析。讨论:参与者认为HF对PS教育很重要,但对其含义缺乏共同的理解。缺乏支撑现有PS/HF内容的强大能力框架。研究结果表明,许多PS学习是内隐的,并且发生在学生的临床实习中。学术环境和临床环境之间的明显脱节是一个反复出现的主题。结论:本研究确定了教师和学生对爱尔兰背景下本科医学和药学教育中HF/PS教学差距的看法。增加学术和临床环境之间的协同作用可能有助于优化PS/HF学习。
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Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
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