L 201: The Role of Leaders in Workforce Safety
L 201: The Role of Leaders in Workforce Safety
Note: This course is available as an individual course and in select subscription plans.
Overview
In regard to physical injury, hospitals are among the most hazardous job sites in the United States. Meanwhile, it is well-known that the culture of medicine can be toxic and emotionally damaging. When workforce safety is a concern, it impacts patient safety and an organization’s financial well-being. If your organization is on a journey to become a high-reliability organization, it needs to prioritize workforce safety. In this short course, experts will explore the foundational role of leaders in keeping the health care workforce safe and strategies that have succeeded in reducing physical harm and improving psychological safety across organizations.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Explain the impact of health care worker safety on patients, families, and the health care workforce.
- Establish the business case for workforce safety.
- Describe how you will implement strategies for reducing physical harm and improving psychological safety across your health care organization.
Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour
Continuing Education Credits
Course completion typically earns 1 Continuing Education credit. Please read the full details to ensure that this course offers your desired credit type. Learn more about Continuing Education credits
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved to award 1 credit(s) toward Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 1 credit(s) for nurses and pharmacists.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credits.
By attending L 201 offered by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement participants may earn up to 1 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
Subscriptions
This course is available in the following IHI Open School subscriptions: