It’s not uncommon to hear healthcare professionals complain about work performance of new graduates who were recently integrated into the clinics, hospitals and the healthcare system. We heard reports of medical errors and patient safety concerns because allegedly, the newly integrated grads still lacked skills and competencies but were “hurriedly” hired to work in a severely undermanned healthcare system. The three years of pandemic was blamed for the learning disruption. Learning transfer though isn’t only affected by the healthcare providers competency but also by the workplace environment.
While these allegations needs to be properly validated and documented, it is important that we bring this “elephant in the room” up front and find solutions, as patient safety is a top priority for healthcare providers. The healthcare academe and our healthcare system seem to have forgotten this learning “gap” in the midst of addressing other post pandemic healthcare system problems. This will be the topic of the #HealthXPh chat this Saturday April 15, 2023 9PM Manila time. Here are the chat guide questions:
T1. Have you encountered patient safety issues lately that might be attributable to the lack of healthcare professional competency or an unsafe workplace environment?
T2. As a healthcare professional/ student, how did you react to such patient safety issue?
T3. What recommendations can you give to our healthcare educational system and our work environment to address this patient safety issue?
To join the #HealthXPh chat, just append your answers to the three guide questions above between 9-10PM Manila time this Saturday April 15, 2023. See you there!
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