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Improving Effective Communication (Self-Paced)

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This course guides participants to improve communication during three key activities: verbal and/or telephone orders, critical diagnostic results, and patient handover.

Course Overview

This training course provides policy requirements for three key activities: verbal and/or telephone orders, critical diagnostic results, and patient handover processes. It also provides helpful forms, data collection tools, and tips for improving communication. It includes the following topics:

  • Why improve your communication processes?
  • Form a Communication Team
  • Use a Standard Communication Tool
  • Establish a Verbal/Telephone Communication Policy
  • Establish Critical Results Reporting Policies
  • Establish Patient Handover Policies
  • Engage and Train Your Staff
  • Common Gaps and Measuring Compliance
  • Knowledge check
  • Course review and next steps

Objectives

After taking this learning path, participants are expected to be able to:
  • Identify how effective communication among healthcare providers reduces errors and results in improved patient safety.
  • Implement effective communication tools and methods used for verbal/telephone orders, critical tests reporting, and patient handover.
  • Use standardized content for communication between patient, family, and healthcare providers.

Target Audience

Any hospital personnel involved in patient safety.

Credits

IFC MAS Advisory, Hospital Quality Program

About Open Learning Campus

All registered users of OLC can experience its impact of new features. If you are already registered with OLC you can directly sign in to the new system. If you are a new user then do register to avail of the dynamic learning opportunities from WBG to deepen your knowledge and skills on a variety of development related topics. For example, you will have access to timely resources such as:

  1. Ted like video talks
  2. Podcasts
  3. Formal learnings (i.e., Self-paced courses/Facilitated Courses/MOOCs)
  4. Live events and Knowledge Exchanges
  5. Communities of Practice

You will have access to an extensive catalog of resources through which you can search and discover relevant learning materials.

How to Access the Course Content

To access the course content, please follow the below registration steps:

  1. Open https://wbg.edcast.com/
  2. Navigate to “No account?” and select “Create one!”. Select “Next” to continue with the next step.
  3. Enter the code that you received via email at the “Enter Code” field. Select “Sign in” to continue with the next step.
  4. Fill in your First and Last Names and select a preferred communication language. Select “Next” to continue with the next step.
  5. Select up to five learning goals. Select “Next” to continue with the next step.
  6. Select up to five skills. Select “Next” to continue with the next step.
  7. Congratulations and welcome to the OLC! You’ll find additional tips and suggestions inside the “Welcome to the Open Learning Campus” channel at the top of the home page.

Course Details

  • Mode: Self-Paced
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