Skills Development Workshops 2016

Healthcare Incidents workshop: Monday 22 - Wednesday 24 February:
Quality Improvement workshop: Wednesday 20 - Friday 22 April:
(Further dates to be announced)

The programme for the Healthcare Incidents Workshop includes:

Day 1
Healthcare incidents - why do they happen?
Medical incidents and errors

Day 2
Medication incidents and errors
Incident investigation
Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) investigation

Day 3
Root Cause Analysis - an essential tool for clinical quality improvement.

The programme for the Quality Improvement Workshop covers:

Day 1
Introduction to and History of Quality Management
Healthcare Quality Today
System and organisational aspects of quality and safety
A spectrum of approaches and methods to Quality Improvement: people, materials and methods
Quality Improvement Models
Quality Improvement Tools and Techniques

Day 2
Risk Management principles and methodology
Clinical indicators and clinical audits
Collecting, presenting and analysing data and information.

Day 3
Root Cause Analysis - a quality improvement essential tool.

Cost: R3,000 (excl. VAT) per delegate for each workshop. Delegates will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs for the workshops at COHSASA offices in Cape Town.

REGISTRATION DEADLINES: February 12, 2016 (Healthcare Incidents Workshop); April 11, 2016 (QI Workshop).

PAYMENT DEADLINE: February 17, 2016 (Healthcare Incidents Workshop); April 15, 2016 (for the QI Workshop).

Registration and payment: az.oc.asashoc@ecnanif
Further information: az.oc.asashoc@nirtak