Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Nursing and Midwifery

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• Unit Title

  Managing Risk in the Clinical Environment

• Unit Code

  PSR5101

• Year

  2021

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  3

• Credit Points

  20

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Amanda Clair GRAF

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Description

Clinical risk management is important as it improves safety and enhances quality improvement within an organisation as it introduces systems that identifies and minimises the circumstances, which can put patients, and the wider multidisciplinary team at risk. Furthermore, it forms a major part of the organisation’s safety management system. This unit focuses on the Western Australian (WA) Department of Health’s Clinical Governance Framework, as well as the Federal Government’s Department of Health and Ageing key domains of clinical risk. Students will be expected to use case studies from their clinical workplace to consolidate their learning.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

This unit will involve flexible, on-line teaching and learning to integrate theory attained through this learning and applying it to their individual clinical setting to ensure authenticated assessment.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply an advanced level of theoretical knowledge of complex disease and aging processes, incorporating both intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors which may contribute to clinical risk.
2. Critically analyse intervention and risk assessment strategies for managing clinical risk in both a national and international context and propose appropriate management strategies.
3. Critically analyse a range of clinical risk assessment tools and discuss the appropriateness of the tool in the clinical area of students' practice.

Unit Content

1. Principles of clinical risk management.
2. Core concepts of disease and ageing processes which contribute to clinical risk
3. Development, implementation and evaluation of clinical risk assessment tools.
4. Federal Government Department of Health and Ageing key clinical risk indicators.
5. Intrinsic and extrinsic factors associated with clinical risk.
6. Risk management health promotion.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be required to be familiar with utilising multiple media (including internet, weblinks, wiki's, blogs, and university e-learning) as coursework will be delivered through e-learning. Additionally, students will be required to integrate their theoretical learning to their workplace (Work Integrated Learning) by working collaboratively with various members of their healthcare team, drawing exemplars and case studies to support their learning and authenticate assessment.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

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