Should we be teaching pharmacy students about patient safety?

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-APS-097
• By: VOSPER, Helen (Robert Gordon University, School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
• Co-author(s): Helen Vosper
  Alastair Ross: Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  Paul Bowie: Programme Director (Safety & Improvement), NHS Education for Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Adverse healthcare events are rooted in systems failures. Healthcare is a complex system: interactions between elements are so numerous and underspecified that outcomes can’t be fully predicted, a concept known as ‘emergence¹.’ ‘Safety’ is a global emergent outcome.

  Methods

  Safety, as a global outcome, is only meaningful in the context of
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