A4. Strategies for Patient Safety Analysis and Improvement
- Dates
- from 16/02/2026 to 13/03/2026
- Credits
- 6 ECTS
- More information
- Neus Gabà
ngaba@fadq.org
+34 93 207 66 08
6 ECTS
- Identify and apply proactive analysis and intervention strategies: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
- Identify and apply reactive strategies: Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and the London Protocol.
- Review international incident reporting systems and explain their main advantages, limitations, and outcomes.
- Apply and review the use of care bundles to reduce morbidity and mortality.
Teaching units:
- Basic principles of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- The different steps for its development
- FMEA practice
- Practical applications of FMEA
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Safety rounds (Interdisciplinary Patient-Centered Rounds)
- Introduction to Root Cause Analysis methodology
- Phases of RCA
- When should an RCA be conducted?
- London Protocol
- Incident reporting systems related to patient safety
- Characteristics and types of reporting systems
- Implementation of a reporting system
- Barriers and facilitators of reporting
- Problems and controversies
- Specific improvement strategy.
- Introduction to care bundles
- Types and their applications