An Introduction to the Culture of Safety and Assessing the Culture of Safety
Category:
75
Credits:
1
Objectives:
At the completion of this course, participants should be able to:
1. Define the role of leaders in establishing a culture of safety
2. Describe characteristics of an organization that has a strong culture of safety
3. Identify statistically valid and reliable assessments of the culture of safety
4. Identify a comprehensive approach to evaluating the culture of safety in their organization
Description:
Efforts to reduce the incidence of performance errors and improve patient safety in the healthcare environment have focused on redesigning work processes. However, errors continue to occur at significant rates. More recently, those in the safety field are realizing that the culture of the healthcare environment needs to change so that reducing and/or controlling errors becomes a major value and focus. Thus, organizations are being required to assess and develop a culture of safety. The goal of this course is to introduce readers to the concept of “culture of safety” and to provide direction and ideas about how to assess the culture of a safety in a behavioral healthcare organization
Key words: Article, Culture of safety, climate of safety, assessing culture of safety, safety, leadership, high reliability organization, error, error management, AHRQ, NQF, quality, Joint Commission, communication, collaboration, team, teamwork
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
American Psychological Association
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Expiration 03/31/2010
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Illinois Social Work Continuing Education
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners
CAADAC, California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
California Board of Registered Nursing
Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Marriage and Family Therapist
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, 04/2010 to 03/2012
