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Patient Safety and Duty of Care

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Are you ready to revolutionise patient care and uphold the highest standards of safety? This free online course is for healthcare professionals who are seeking to deepen their understanding of care obligations. From mastering informed consent to implementing risk assessments and ensuring effective communication, this course equips you with the skills to navigate the complexities of care with confidence and integrity. Enroll now.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID192071
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Identify strategies for risk management to enhance patient safety and quality of care
• Illustrate the importance of professional boundaries and the consequences of breaching these boundaries in care settings
• Outline the procedures for reporting and responding to incidents to uphold the Duty of Candour
• Summarise the principles of Duty of Candour and its relevance to enhancing transparency and trust in healthcare setting
• Evaluate case studies on ethical dilemmas and incident management to apply theory to real-world scenarios
• Explain the process and importance of obtaining informed consent in healthcare
• Define the concept of Duty of Care, including its legal and ethical implications within healthcare settings
• Recall the role of effective communication and record-keeping in maintaining high standards of care
Course Code822

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