Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement
Higher education institutions (HEIs), including pharmacy programs, are experiencing growing pressure from the public and policy makers to develop student-centered learning experiences that meet societal needs. While HEIs may have in-house initiatives to meet such challenges, there are also opportuni...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2023-03-01
|
| Series: | Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667276622001159 |
| _version_ | 1827958050332344320 |
|---|---|
| author | Ephrem Abebe Amy Bao Peter Kokkinias Alissa L. Russ-Jara Dan Degnan |
| author_facet | Ephrem Abebe Amy Bao Peter Kokkinias Alissa L. Russ-Jara Dan Degnan |
| author_sort | Ephrem Abebe |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Higher education institutions (HEIs), including pharmacy programs, are experiencing growing pressure from the public and policy makers to develop student-centered learning experiences that meet societal needs. While HEIs may have in-house initiatives to meet such challenges, there are also opportunities for cross-domain learning and application of useful concepts from other sectors. One such sector that lends itself to cross-domain learning is the healthcare industry. Like HEIs, the healthcare industry has been experiencing pressure from its stakeholders, in this case, to address patient safety gaps. These forces intensified at the turn of the century leading to the emergence of what is now known as the patient safety movement, which enabled increased advocacy, education, and research to reduce healthcare-related harm. Despite persistent challenges, a key achievement of the patient safety movement has been application of a systems framework to understand and solve patient safety gaps. That is, patient safety gaps are often a result of system defects rather than isolated acts of individual workers operating in a complex social and technical work setting (often referred to as sociotechnical system). Commonly used systems frameworks describe a sociotechnical system through its components: 1) structure (e.g., people, tools/technology, physical workspaces); 2) processes (e.g., medication administration); and 3) outcomes (e.g., medication safety, patient satisfaction). At their core, both HEIs and healthcare organizations are complex sociotechnical systems that organize their structures to support specific processes - learning in HEIs and patient safety in healthcare - to ultimately improve outcomes for students and patients, respectively. This paper describes parallels between HEIs and the healthcare domain to illustrate how patient safety concepts and practices from healthcare can be adapted to HEIs in order to enhance educational structures, processes, and learning outcomes. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-09T15:30:37Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-e63bca2c58dd4ddcb858a048012655fe |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2667-2766 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-09T15:30:37Z |
| publishDate | 2023-03-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy |
| spelling | doaj.art-e63bca2c58dd4ddcb858a048012655fe2023-04-28T08:56:44ZengElsevierExploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy2667-27662023-03-019100216Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movementEphrem Abebe0Amy Bao1Peter Kokkinias2Alissa L. Russ-Jara3Dan Degnan4Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University College of Pharmacy, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USAHigher education institutions (HEIs), including pharmacy programs, are experiencing growing pressure from the public and policy makers to develop student-centered learning experiences that meet societal needs. While HEIs may have in-house initiatives to meet such challenges, there are also opportunities for cross-domain learning and application of useful concepts from other sectors. One such sector that lends itself to cross-domain learning is the healthcare industry. Like HEIs, the healthcare industry has been experiencing pressure from its stakeholders, in this case, to address patient safety gaps. These forces intensified at the turn of the century leading to the emergence of what is now known as the patient safety movement, which enabled increased advocacy, education, and research to reduce healthcare-related harm. Despite persistent challenges, a key achievement of the patient safety movement has been application of a systems framework to understand and solve patient safety gaps. That is, patient safety gaps are often a result of system defects rather than isolated acts of individual workers operating in a complex social and technical work setting (often referred to as sociotechnical system). Commonly used systems frameworks describe a sociotechnical system through its components: 1) structure (e.g., people, tools/technology, physical workspaces); 2) processes (e.g., medication administration); and 3) outcomes (e.g., medication safety, patient satisfaction). At their core, both HEIs and healthcare organizations are complex sociotechnical systems that organize their structures to support specific processes - learning in HEIs and patient safety in healthcare - to ultimately improve outcomes for students and patients, respectively. This paper describes parallels between HEIs and the healthcare domain to illustrate how patient safety concepts and practices from healthcare can be adapted to HEIs in order to enhance educational structures, processes, and learning outcomes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667276622001159Patient safetyHigher educationSociotechnical systemSystems framework |
| spellingShingle | Ephrem Abebe Amy Bao Peter Kokkinias Alissa L. Russ-Jara Dan Degnan Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy Patient safety Higher education Sociotechnical system Systems framework |
| title | Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement |
| title_full | Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement |
| title_fullStr | Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement |
| title_short | Maximizing student potential: Lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement |
| title_sort | maximizing student potential lessons for pharmacy programs from the patient safety movement |
| topic | Patient safety Higher education Sociotechnical system Systems framework |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667276622001159 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT ephremabebe maximizingstudentpotentiallessonsforpharmacyprogramsfromthepatientsafetymovement AT amybao maximizingstudentpotentiallessonsforpharmacyprogramsfromthepatientsafetymovement AT peterkokkinias maximizingstudentpotentiallessonsforpharmacyprogramsfromthepatientsafetymovement AT alissalrussjara maximizingstudentpotentiallessonsforpharmacyprogramsfromthepatientsafetymovement AT dandegnan maximizingstudentpotentiallessonsforpharmacyprogramsfromthepatientsafetymovement |