4.84
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European Course on Second Victims

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About Course

Congratulations on your decision of improving your knowledge about the second victim phenomenon by doing this course! 

The ERNST consortium (European Researchers’ Network Working on Second Victims) developed this course as a part of COST Action CA19113. This project is supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), a funding agency for research and innovation networks.

 

The course was developed by professors and researchers from several European universities, namely:

  • National School of Public Health – NOVA University Lisbon – Lisbon – Portugal
  • Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana – Valencia – Spain
  • Universidad Miguel Hernández – Elche – Spain
  • University of Malta – Msida – Malta
  • University of Haifa – Haifa – Israel
  • LAB University of Applied Science – Lappeenranta – Finland
  • University Hospital Centre Zagreb – Zagreb – Croatia
  • College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences – Cluj-Napoca – Romania
  • Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO – Novara – Italy
  • RheinMain University of Applied Sciences – Wiesbaden – Germany
  • KU Leuven – University of Leuven – Leuven – Belgium
  • University of Tartu – Tartu – Estonia
We also acknowledge Albert Wu (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Susan Scott (University of Missouri Health Care), Basia Kutryba (Polish Society for Quality Promotion in Healthcare), Irene Carrillo (Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche), Lisa Karasik (Center for Quality and Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital), and Brigitte Ettl (Karl Landsteiner Institut).

What Will You Learn?

  • Awareness of the implications of the second victim phenomenon for the victims, the institutions, and the health systems.
  • Awareness about the relevance of psychological safety and some ideas about how to promote it.
  • Some skills to support healthcare workers in the aftermath of stressful situations.
  • New knowledge about potential interventions to support the healthcare workers when things go wrong.

Course Content

Introduction

  • Aknowledgment
  • Initial Survey

Initial assessment

Glossary

Module 1 – The second victim phenomenon

Module 2 – Case Study: Amelia

Module 3 – Patient Safety Culture

Module 4 – Practical example: Do’s and don’ts

Module 5 – Institutional support for the second victims

Module 6 – Examples of interventions

Module 7 – Take-home messages and suggestions to learn more
In this Module, we will summarize the learnings from this course and suggest where you can learn more about the second victim phenomenon and patient safety.

Final assessment

Satisfaction questionnaire

Student Ratings & Reviews

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Foi positiva.
CW
6 days ago
see questionnaire
AS
3 weeks ago
A very useful course and is perfect for my training portfolio and my learning
DM
2 months ago
The course was interesting and relevant!
RC
2 months ago
Great experience
RD
2 months ago
Seria mais efetivo que o CURSO fosse traduzido para PORTUGUES, já que moro no BRASIL
KS
4 months ago
excellent course, easy to navigate
JL
5 months ago
The course was a good match for me. The discussions are short and precise which I appreciate much most importantly, I learned a lot from this course.
I loved it
JP
5 months ago
Very Good
It felt good to learn and answer this course. It really helped me a lot.
HL
5 months ago
The course is very informative in general. However, some parts seem disorganized. Overall, my experience taking this course was great!
KC
5 months ago
Amazing
SH
5 months ago
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AK
5 months ago
Thank
Steven John Tan
6 months ago
Yes, a good match for me as I am to be deployed soon.
BM
6 months ago
this second victim course is very easy to navigate. The contents of the module were enriching and easy to understand.
NG
6 months ago
I learned so much! Thank you! :)
MA
6 months ago
Nice course, easy to follow and navigate
JA
6 months ago
It’s so good and informative.