Extra Credit

Back to Basics:

If you would like extra credit.  Read the Basic to Basics article located in the Forms and Doc page and answers the questions at the end.

HIPAA: 

Partnering to Heal

Partnering to Heal is a computer-based, video-simulation training program on infection control practices for clinicians, health professional students, and patient advocates.

 Objectives:

·         To understand that change in behavior and a change in an organization’s culture will prevent health care-associated infections.

·         To identify that health care providers must work in teams and hold each other accountable at every level.

·         To encourage others to embrace infection prevention protocols by requiring effective communication skills, even in the face of confrontation.

The training highlights effective communication about infection control practices and ideas for creating a "culture of safety" in healthcare institutions to keep patients from getting sicker. Users assume the identity of the following five main characters and make decisions about preventing Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs):

A Physician, Nathan Green, Director of a Hospital Post-op Unit, ready to start new prevention efforts in the unit;

A Registered Nurse, Dena Gray, working to learn effective communications skills that could make the difference for her patients;

An Infection Preventionist, Janice Upshaw, a new employee charged with using a team-based approach to reducing infections;

A Patient Family Member, Kelly McTavish, whose father was just admitted to the hospital;

A third-year Medical Student, Manuel Hernandez, who wants to gain confidence to make a difference for his patients. 

Watch the Introduction (in the boardroom). How would you answer the following questions?

·         What do you think about what you saw?

·         How do you interpret the actions of the different health care providers?

·         Have you ever seen something like this occur?

Then pick two different characters (Nathan, Dena, Janice, Kelly or Manuel) and go through the scenario.  You will have the opportunity to go back in time, well before Whitney ever arrives in the hospital. Although your decisions do not affect Whitney directly, by changing the particular character’s approach to infection prevention, you will also change the environment of the hospital, so that the chain of events that results in Whitney’s death never occurs.  It’s ok to make bad choices occasionally as well; a lot can be learned by exploring the negative consequences and outcomes.

In post conference or in a paper discuss your role, the choices you made and what you learned from the experience.  Exploring different characters or options only enhances your learning; have fun with it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a57lEMfaa5V6Vq1qLzJdizGPxsK4bOBx/view?usp=sharing