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The development of entrustable professional activities for the Irish intern year
(NUI Galway, 2018-09)
There have been significant reforms in intern training in Ireland over the last decade
to bring about improvements for the benefit of trainees, health services and ultimately the public. Activities undertaken by the Medical ...
Recent Rape/Sexual Assault: National Guidelines on Referral and Forensic Clinical Examination
(Health Service Executive and Department of Justice and Law Reform, 2014)
A toolkit for improving hand hygiene compliance in intensive care
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-10-15)
A toolkit to help intensive care units to identify how they can improve hand hygiene compliance.
The management of diabetes in adults and children with psychiatric disorders in inpatient settings
(JBDS-IP (Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care) and RCPsych (Royal College of Psychiatrists), 2017-05)
Nearly every category of ICD-10 Chapter F (mental disorders) is associated with diabetes and with
worse outcomes and premature mortality.1
In addition, many people with diabetes suffer from diabetes
related distress.
The ...
An introduction to human factors for healthcare workers
(Health Services Executive, 2021-11-20)
This document: (1) provides a comprehensive overview of human factors; (2) supports healthcare workers to identify the human factors issues in their workplace; (3) supports the identification of the human factors contributors ...
National strategic guide for the implementation of simulation on clinical sites
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2021-06)
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Learning from complaints about hospital care
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2022)
Complaints are often seen as a negative experience
in healthcare, with patients or family members
writing about poor experiences of care, or things
that went wrong. These things that go wrong may
be small issues or ...
A compendium of the steps required to complete 13 essential procedural skills
(University of Galway, 2022-09)
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are units of professional practice that capture essential
competencies in which trainees must become proficient before undertaking them independently.
EPAs provide supervisors ...
Analysing complaints about primary care with the healthcare complaints analysis tool (General Practice): A user’s guide
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2022-01)
General practice is a vital aspect of the health service, with large numbers of patient contacts every year1. While general practice is often seen as inherently less risky than secondary care2, errors have been found to ...