4th Semester → Others Patient safety

L11: Engaging with patients and cares

(Engage patients and carers) :

_Ways to engage patients:

1-encourage patient to share information

2-show empathy,honesty&respect

3-Communicate effectively

4-Obtaining informed consent

5-understand steps of open disclosure

_SEGUE framework to achieve good communication:

1-set the stage

2-Elicit informations

3-Give informations

4-Understand the patient perspective

5-End the encounter

_Elements of informed consent :

1-Elements which inform the patient (Disclosure of informations & understanding informations by patient)

2-Elements that enable patient to make a decision :

(Voluntary choice by patient & Competence )

_Open disclosure :

Informing patients of bad outcomes of health care treatment

_Key principles of open disclosure:

1- Open timely communication

2-Acknowledgment of incident

3-express regret

5-support for staff

6-Confidentiality

_SPIKES(tool of communication to guide bad news):

1-Setting (أجهز الدنيا وأزبط المكان)

2-Perception (أسأله هو شايف حالته ازاي)

3-Invitation (أسأله عاوز يعرف عن حالته ولا لا)

4-Knowledge(أعرفه التفاصيل)

5-Empathy

6-Strategy& Summary

_Common barriers to disclosing adverse events :

1-Want to avoid confrontation

2-causing more distress on patient

3-loss of reputation&job

4-Fear legal action