W21C Patient Safety Podcast

By W21C Podcast Team

This podcast is about patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare, and is produced with the support of W21C - a research and innovation centre in the Cumming School of Medicine at the Univers... more

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The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.

W21C Patient Safety Podcast episodes:

December 21, 2013 Episode 20: An e-Tool for Safer Transitions of Care
In this episode Nishan interviews Dr William Ghali and Dr Jacques Cornuz regarding an international patient safety initiative between Canada and Switzerland focused on improving communication during transitions of care.
To learn more about the Seamless Transitions of Care project here at W21C visit our website at www.w21c.org
If you have any comments or suggestions for us, please email at [email protected]
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16min
December 07, 2013Episode 19: Designing Optimal Care: The Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycle
In this episode Dr Maeve O'Beirne discusses patient safety and quality of care in family medicine.
After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:
Describe the four steps outlined in the PDSA cycle

List the three questions that need to be asked at the beginning of a PDSA cycle

Apply the PDSA cycle to a real life example
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please contact us at [email protected]
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9min
November 23, 2013Episode 18: Dealing with Uncertainty in Medicine
In this podcast Chloe Atkins explores discomfort with uncertainty in medicine using her own story as a backdrop.
After hearing this podcast listeners will be able to:
Recognize the discomfort both patients and physicians experience around uncertainty, and how that discomfort can provoke undesirable behaviours.

Understand that relationships and communication are key to achieving satisfaction with health outcomes.

Realize that medicine is not all-powerful, that there are limits to understanding and treatment. It is important to be aware of and tolerate the unknown.
If you have any suggestions for future podcast, or comments about our series, contact us at [email protected]
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17min
November 09, 2013Episode 17: Disclosure of Harm
In this episode Dr Bruce MacLeod discusses the importance of having disclosure conversations with patients when they have experienced harm or near misses as a result of the care that they received in hospital and not from their underlying disease process. After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:
Recognize the importance of having disclosure conversations with patients who have experienced harm or near misses

Describe the challenges that healthcare providers face when they need to have a disclosure conversation
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17min
October 25, 2013Episode 16: Patients as Partners in Patient Safety
In this episode Dr Nancy Marlett and Sandra Zelinsky discuss an innovative program at the University of Calgary - The Patient Engagement Researcher (PER) Program. After hearing this podcast listeners will be able to:
Describe the Patient Engagement Researcher program

Consider how engaging patients as researchers and informed partners in care can improve patient safety
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16min
October 11, 2013Episode 15: Patient Safety for Internal Medicine Residents Using High-Fidelity Human Patient Simulation: Why and How
In this episode Dr Ghazwan Altabbaa suggests that medical students and residents are frontline healthcare providers and that not enough has been done to teach them about patient safety.
After listening to this podcast, listeners will:
Understand the inconsistencies in the teaching of patient safety to Canada’s medical students and residents.

Recognize High-Fidelity Human Patient Simulation as an effective teaching modality for medical residents because it addresses patient safety on multiple levels: medical knowledge, crisis resource management, and team dynamic skills.

Understand that cognitive biases can lead clinicians down the wrong path when it comes to diagnosis. Using simulation, learners can explore those biases and learn from others during the debriefing phase of the learning process.
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11min
September 20, 2013Episode 14: How to Reduce Overcrowding and Waiting lists
In this episode Dr. Sachin Pendharkar explores overcrowded or access-limited healthcare systems and suggests that discussions of supply and demand are often inappropriately limited to lack of supply.
After listening to this podcast, listeners will:
Understand that problems with overcrowding and long wait times are not always due to inadequate supply.

Be aware of concepts of demand, supply and capacity and how they relate in healthcare systems.

Recognize how variation can be a barrier to access, even in systems with an adequate supply to meet demand.
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17min
September 06, 2013Episode 13: Engaging Academic Faculty in Quality Improvement
In this episode Dr Brian Wong discusses steps to engage academic faculty in quality improvement and patient safety.
After listening to this podcast, listeners will:
Be aware of trends toward embedding patient safety information within broader courses and conferences

Discover how the University of Toronto, the University of Calgary’s W21C and others are recognizing the importance of quality improvement with courses, degree programs and job profiles

Be aware of new medical journals that focus specifically on patient safety and quality improvement
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12min
August 23, 2013Episode 12: Smoking and Surgery: Perceptions, Realities, and Opportunity
In this episode Dr Chris Pysyk discusses the risks associated with smoking during the peri-operative period, which is before, during, and after surgery. After listening to this podcast, listener's will be able to:
List the "Big 5" complications that smokers are at an increased risk of having after surgery

Explain how many smokers are in the "preparation stage" of behaviour change and why this stage of change is so important

Reflect on how healthcare providers can influence smokers and list some resources for smoking cessation
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12min
August 09, 2013Episode 11: Thinking About Patient Safety in the Domain of Surgical Care
In this episode Dr Marcia Clark discusses patient safety in terms of surgical care. After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:
Explain the aspects of surgical care that may influence the higher rate of error seen in these patients versus non-surgical patients

List the seven phases of surgical care where error can occur

Describe the four practices described by Marcia that are used to mitigate and prevent errors in surgical practice

Think of other possible solutions that could be used to decrease the rate of error in surgical patients
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13min

FAQs about W21C Patient Safety Podcast:

How many episodes does W21C Patient Safety Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.