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W21C Patient Safety Podcast
W21C Podcast Team
51 episodes
6 days ago
This podcast is about patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare, and is produced with the support of W21C - a research and innovation centre in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Canada.
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This podcast is about patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare, and is produced with the support of W21C - a research and innovation centre in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Canada.
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W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 50: Safety Checklist for Adverse Events

 Emails, comments, feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca 

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7 years ago
15 minutes

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 49: The Future of Healthcare is CPOE

In this podcast, Dr. Shawn Dowling explains the benefits and costs of the Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), a complex healthcare intervention used for entering and managing orders.

“CPOE and EHR (Electronic Health Records) are the future of where patient health data is moving toward”, Shawn says.  Effective ways to enter, collect and communicate data bring benefits to providers and patients.  There are the potentials to reduce errors, increase patient safety, and maximize the use of information for appropriate medical decisions. Shawn highlights the importance of clinical decision support and describes how CPOE works as a tool to help physicians make the best decision at the point of care.

Emails, comments, feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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8 years ago
14 minutes 14 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 48: Health Care for Newly Arrived Refugee Families

In this episode Dr. Gabriel Fabreau describes some of the clinical issues and needs for recently arrived refugee families in Canada. 

In Calgary there are many private sponsors, faith groups, and families who help refugees but are unaware of the existence of Mosaic (http://mosaicpcn.ca/Pages/default.aspx).

This is a specialized multidisciplinary refugee health clinic that provides care, support and help to refugees, physicians and anyone who wants to know how to care for recently arrived families. More help can be found at the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society 

(https://www.ccisab.ca/services/services-for/refugees)

Email, comments, feebdback at w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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9 years ago
19 minutes 26 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 47: When should you visit the Emergency Department?

In this episode Dr. Eddy Lang talks about the stress and pressure in Canadian Emergency Departments and in particular in Calgary. He explains when individuals should visit the Emergency Department and provides alternative suggestions to visiting the Emergency Department (E.D.).

After listening to this podcast, listeners will be able to: 

  1. Evaluate when to visit of the Emergency Department
  2. Be aware of alternative solutions to make the visit to E.D. more efficient
  3. Consider consulting the family physician or other healthcare providers before visiting the E.D.

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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9 years ago
17 minutes 15 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 45: Medication Safety in Chronic Kidney Disease

In this episode Dr. Chandra Thomas talks about safety related to medications in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).  Individuals with CKD are at very high risk for medication incidents associated with enormous costs for the society and the individuals.

After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

1) Understand the risks for medication related safety incidents in patients with CKD
2) Know the complexity and uniqueness of individuals with CKD

3) Recognize a need for actions that supports medication safety 

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca 

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9 years ago
19 minutes 5 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 46: Safe Drug Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease

In this episode Craig Curtis talks about the role of pharmacists in Alberta in the development and use of the CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Pathway. He highlights the importance of building an evidence-based pathway that includes international recommendations easily accessible to family physicians and pharmacists.

After listening to this podcast the listeners will be able to recognize the primary interventions for managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults: 

  • Prevent progression: ACEi/ARB, DM
  • Reduce cardiovascular (CV) risk: statin, antiplatelet
  • Renal dose adjustments
  • Avoid nephrotoxic medication

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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9 years ago
16 minutes 58 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 44: The Rise of Simulation in Healthcare

In this episode Marlene Donahue talks about simulation and the growing interest and demand for healthcare applications. After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:1) Look at the evolution of simulation into healthcare,2) Explore the diversity of applications and uses for simulation in healthcare,3) Consider areas and possible challenges for future development and research.

Email, comments, feedback at w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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9 years ago
16 minutes 31 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 43: Advance Care Planning as Safety Issue

In this episode Dr. Jessica Simon describes Advance Care Planning as a novel social process.

After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • Understand the term "Advance Care Planning" and its 5 elements 
  • Recognize the harms and benefits in Advance Care Planning
  • Learn about national and local findings in Advance Care Planning
  • Understand the Knowledge to Action Cycle and The Theoretical Domains Framework

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
18 minutes

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 42: The Virtual Ward

In this episode Dr. Sam Gharbi describes patient handover as a major issue in patient safety.  

After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • Understand the problems around patient handovers
  • Evaluate a need for a structured handover process
  • Know the benefits and features of the Virtual Ward (now known as Arya Handover)

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
10 minutes 57 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 41: Patient Safety Culture and Climate

In this episode Dr. Liane Ginsburg updates our thinking about patient safety culture and patient safety climate.  

After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • Differentiate between patient safety culture and patient safety climate 
  • Understand the barriers to strong and positive patient safety culture and climate
  • Consider patient safety climate strength in addition to climate level

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
12 minutes 6 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 40: Online Clinical Pathway

In this episode Dr. Wes Jackson gives a detailed description of the online CKD clinical pathway. 

After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • Recognize the criteria for Chronic Kidney Disease targeted testing
  • Identify the tests that should be ordered
  • Know how to diagnose, manage and refer with the Online CKD Clinical Pathway

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca 

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10 years ago
9 minutes 56 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 39: Red Flag Warning Signs in Headache

In this episode Dr. Jeptha Davenport provides the definition of migraine, the meaning of ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ headaches, and a list of 'red flag' features to recognize life-threatening headaches.

After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • Name the most common types of headache brought to medical attention
  • Discuss reasons to correctly identify different types of headaches
  • List ‘red flag features’ of headache in 4 large groups
  • Feel confident in planning management of ‘red flag’ headaches (including referral)

Email comments adn feedback at www.21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
13 minutes 14 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 38: Pressure Ulcers

In this episode Dr. Chester Ho discusses pressure ulcers and their causes, costs, prevention and management.  

After listening to this episode, listeners will be able to:

  • Recognize that pressure ulcers are common and under-recognized as a patient safety issue.
  • Pressure ulcers are largely preventable and are indicative of patient quality of care.
  • Pressure ulcers are expensive to treat and cause great discomfort to patients, decreasing quality of life.

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
11 minutes 6 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 37: Built Environment Design

In this episode Jonas Shultz discusses how the built environment affects patient safety and patient outcomes. 

After hearing this episode listeners will be able to:

  • Describe how the build environment affects patient safety
  • Outline approaches to involve healthcare providers and patients in the design process
  • Advocate for the use of patient simulation in mock-ups to make evidence based design decisions

Email comments or feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
9 minutes 56 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 36: Choosing Wisely Canada

In this episode Dr. Bhatia explains the harms associated with the over utilization of low value care, a type of care that  provides little benefit to the patient and increases costs for the health system.  After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • Recognize low value are as an issue affecting fiscal sustainability of the health care system
  • Appreciate measures for reducing low value testing
  • Discuss Choosing Wisely Canada with in depth knowledge of the campaign

Email comments or feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
34 minutes 44 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 35: Deprescribing in the Care of Older Patients

In this episode Dr. Dave Hogan introduces the concept of "deprescribing" which is defined as carefully getting patients off some of the medications.  

After hearing this episode listeners will be able to:

  • Define the concept of "deprescribing" and evaluate its potential benefits in older patients
  • Identify opportunities to review a patient's drug regimen
  • Consider a prudent approach to withdrawing medications 

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca

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10 years ago
9 minutes 54 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 34: Antibiotics Stewardship

In this episode Dr. John Conly highlights the importance of antibiotic stewardship, which is the appropriate and optimal use of antibiotics in outpatient and inpatient settings.  After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to: 

  • Understand the importance of antibiotic resistance
  • Evaluate the messages to improve their own antibiotic stewardship
  • Consider possible actions to take for a wise use of antibiotics

Email comments and feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca 

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11 years ago
13 minutes 29 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 33: Comparing Adverse Events in Hip Replacement

In this episode Dr. Deborah Marshall and Karen MacDonald discuss how the lack of consistent outcomes, adverse event definitions and non-standardized measures challenges their ability to compare outcomes between total hip replacement and a newer technology called hip resurfacing.   After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to: 

  • Understand the importance of being critical when reviewing the literature
  • Make valid comparisons by using standardized, comparative outcomes
  • Evaluate the need of joint replacement registries 

Email comments or feedback to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca 

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11 years ago
15 minutes 39 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 32: Research and Education in an Evidence Based Ambulance Design Study

In this episode Brent Thorkelson, a Registered Paramedic and Senior Staff Development Officer with AHS EMS, joins us to talk about an ambulance design study conducted in collaboration with the W21C and Auto 21.

After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • List the benefits of pairing research and education in a simulation program
  • Describe how an efficient work environment can enhance patient safety in the ambulance context
  • Comprehend the challenges practitioners face when trying to provide appropriate medical care within the confines of an ambulance compartment

Please email comments and suggestions to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca 

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11 years ago
17 minutes 1 second

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
Episode 31: Patient and Family Centred Care as a Strategy to Increase Safety

In this episode Dr. Selena Au defines PFCC and highlights its importance by sharing a case in which a young girl experienced a tragic adverse event that could have been prevented by better use of family centred care. After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:

  • Define patient and family centred care
  • Describe a situation where the healthcare system could become safer by integrating PFCC
  • List the lessons learned from Josie King's story
  • Describe Condition H

We love to hear from you so please provide any feedback, comments, or suggestions to w21cedu@ucalgary.ca 

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11 years ago
15 minutes 14 seconds

W21C Patient Safety Podcast
This podcast is about patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare, and is produced with the support of W21C - a research and innovation centre in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Canada.