■ The healthcare system:
Building safer systems to enhance clinical care delivery
Exploring medication risks
Type of activity: Group activity
Activity summary
These 2 group activities help learners understand systemic medication risks and how these risks can be mitigated.
Activity description
Activity 1
Ask learners to form small groups and to make arrangements to interview a community-based pharmacist. The interview questions should focus on common prescription problems that could lead to a patient safety incident (accident in Québec).
As a follow-up activity, ask each learner to write a 1-page narrative about what they learned and steps they can take to ensure safer prescribing. The narratives may later be shared with their small groups.
Activity 2
Ask learners to form small groups and present them with the following scenario:
You are in charge of implementing a system for medication reconciliation for one of the following groups:
- Admitted patients
- Transferred patients within the hospital
- Discharged patients
In your small group, identify and discuss how you would develop and implement the system. Include the important components of such a system as well as implementation considerations.
As a follow-up activity, ask each small group to present their recommendations to the rest of the large group.
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