Patient Safety Advocacy Training Spots Still Open
(March 2011) Registration is open for Long Island’s community based patient safety advocate training. The PULSE of NY, Family Centered Patient Advocacy Training to be held May 2, 2011 in Lake Success at the North Shore LIJ Center for Learning and Innovation. Training will focus on the family, friends and community helping a patient through medical treatment including an injury, long term diagnosis or surgery as well as those who may want to think of patient advocacy as a career.
In a 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine was that every year as many as 98,000 people die in hospitals each year from preventable medical errors(1). Many more are injured or die in nursing homes or at home. A more recent study in July 2006 from the IOM that medication Errors Injure 1.5 Million people and cost billions of dollars annually (2). The recommendation for improvement includes steps to increase communication and improve interactions between health care professionals and patients.
In 2006 PULSE of NY, a grassroots patient safety organization studied the role of the patient and family and the expected relationship between the patient’s community support system and the healthcare system. Through focus groups, surveys and interviews, PULSE of NY developed the handbook “Family Centered Patient Advocacy”. A curriculum was built around the information from that book and small group trainings have been offered since 2007. The training has evolved to include Critical Communication(3) skills, simulations of true experiences and quizzes to test the audience’s skills.
This full day of training will cover many of the skills needed to help a family member feel empowered, understand the healthcare system better or pick up a new career of advocacy.
Training will start with education about hospital policies, standards and a history of patient safety. Communication skills will complete the morning. The afternoon session participants will be able to practice their skills in a simulation room with mannequin simulators and actors. Those not participating will view the volunteers on a large screen and have an opportunity to debrief about their experience.
Register here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/patientsafetyadvocatetraining
Discounts and scholarships are available.
Contact: Ilene Corina: (516) 579-4711
About PULSE:
PULSE is a nonprofit 501 (c)3 grassroots organization dedicated to raising awareness about patient safety and reducing medical errors through advocacy, education, and support. We work to empower the public to make informed decisions, increase effective communication and respect between healthcare providers and the public, and create community partnerships that will foster and ultimately lead to safer healthcare environments.
1 http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309068371&page=1
3 http://www.pulseofny.org/Communication.html
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