Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology
Lecture:Medical errors
Patient safety
Slide content:Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology Learning Objectives Describe the concepts of medical error and patient safety (Lectures a, b). Discuss error as an individual problem and as a system problem (Lecture a). Compare and contrast the interaction and interdependence of social and technical resistance to change (Lecture c). Discuss the challenges inherent with adapting work processes to new technology (Lecture c). Discuss the downside of adapting technology to work practices and why this is not desirable (Lecture c). Discuss the impact of changing sociotechnical processes on quality, efficiency, and safety (Lectures a, b). 3
Slide notes:The objectives for Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology are to: Describe the concepts of medical error and patient safety Discuss error as an individual problem and as a system problem Compare and contrast the interaction and interdependence of social and technical resistance to change Discuss the challenges inherent with adapting work processes to new technology Discuss the downside of adapting technology to work practices and why this is not desirable Discuss the impact of changing sociotechnical processes on quality, efficiency, and safety 3