Essentials of Patient Safety in Physical Therapy Practice
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Patient safety is defined as a commitment from the healthcare team member in providing the patient with safe techniques and procedures that reduces the risks and errors and maximize the recovery of the patient[1]. The patient safety curriculum guide given by WHO- mulitdisciplinary edition lacks information from the perspectives of Physiotherapy curriculum principles[2]. Physiotherapists as a healthcare team member must be aware about patient safety protocols and must be able to document and communicate them in a more appropriate way, which lacks until date.[3]
Curricular Requirements[edit | edit source]
Though patient safety is recommended to be part of the healthcare curriculum including physiotherapy, there is limited evidence to showcase the same and research are less in this area, which questions the actual implementation of the patient safety curriculum in physiotherapy education and the limited knowledge about patient safety for physiotherapists.[4] The patient safety framework provided by the Australian Patient Safety Education Framework (APSEF) and Canadian safety competency framework emphasizes various domains and in a programmatic method to be introduced in the curriculum. [2]
Domains of patient safety practices[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Henriksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady ML. Advances in patient safety: new directions and alternative approaches. AHRQ Publication. 2008 Aug(08-0034).[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Safety WP, World Health Organization. Patient safety curriculum guide: multi-professional edition.[2]
- ↑ Gonzalez-Caminal, G. , Gomez, A. C. , Gomar-Sancho, C. . Patient Safety in Physiotherapy: Are Errors that Cause or Could Cause Harm Preventable?. In: Salen, P. , Stawicki, S. P. , editors. Contemporary Topics in Patient Safety - Volume 2 [Working Title] [Internet]. London: IntechOpen; 2022 [cited 2022 Nov 27]. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/83873 doi: 10.5772/intechopen.107847
- ↑ Howarth SD, Fielden SA, O’Hara JK. How do we educate medical students interprofessionally about patient safety? A scoping review. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2022 Mar 4;36(2):259-67.
