2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
    May 22, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DNAP 8053 - Populations, Wellness, and Epidemiology


Credits: 2
This course prepares the student to use epidemiological strategies to examine patterns of illness or injury in groups of people as well as threats to patient safety. Concepts of health, risk, and disease causality are examined. Quality improvement directed at improving individuals and aggregates receiving anesthesia are discussed, and knowledge is demonstrated by the development of a quality improvement tool designed to improve patient safety in anesthetic practice. Additional topics of consideration will be human error, systems-based approaches to error analysis and investigation, teamwork, and crisis resource management.