Patient Safety in Developing Countries

Comprehensive guide on patient safety education, practice, and research in developing countries. There is an added bonus of over 100 case studies covering patient safety in all aspects of health care in developing countries, presenting both real and simulated scenarios to help medical students and professionals apply their skills in solving cases.

Prof. Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at College of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology of Fujairah, UAE (Previously known as Ajman University) and University of Science and Technology, Yemen. He is/was also an Adjunct professor and visiting professor in many universities. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) from Sana'a University, Yemen and obtained Master and PhD degree in Clinical Pharmacy from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. He has more than 20 years' experiences in education, practice and research in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. He has held various academic and professional positions including: Head of Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice department; Head of Teaching & learning committee, head of training committee, head of curriculum and assessment committee and other committees. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, book chapters and editing many books, one book published by Elsevier in June 2020; one book accepted by Elsevier and two books accepted by Springer. Prof. Yaser has supervised/co-supervised many PhD, Master, PharmD and B-Pharm students. He is a reviewer for eight recognized International peer-reviewed journals. Prof. Yaser prepared and wrote the first draft of Master of Clinical pharmacy program and PharmD internship manual. Prof. Yaser was a member of the founding committee of the integrated PharmD curriculum at Unizah College of Pharmacy.

Section 1. Patient Safety Education Chapter 1. Patient Safety Education: History and Importance Chapter 2. Patient Safety education in developing countries Chapter 3. Patient Safety education: Competencies and Learning Outcomes Chapter 4. Patient Safety Education: Teaching Strategies and Assessment Methods Section 2. Patient Safety Practice Chapter 5. Patient safety-related issues: history and importance Chapter 6. Patient safety-related issues: patient care errors and related problems Chapter 7. Patient care errors and related problems: preventive medicine errors & related problems Chapter 8. Patient care errors and related problems: patient assessment and diagnostic errors & related problems Chapter 9. Patient care errors and related problems: non-pharmacological errors & related problems Chapter 10. Patient care errors and related problems: medical errors & related problems Chapter 11. Patient care errors and related problems: surgical errors & related problems Chapter 12. Patient care errors and related problems: complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) errors & related problems Chapter 13. Patient care errors and related problems: nutrition errors & related problems Chapter 14. Patient care errors and related problems: pharmacological errors & related problems (medication errors and related problems) Chapter 15. Patient care errors and related problems: dispensing administration errors & related problems Chapter 16. Patient care errors and related problems: monitoring errors & related problems Chapter 17. Patient care errors and related problems: patient education and counselling errors and related problems Chapter 18. Patient safety-related issues: other medication safety issues Chapter 19. Patient safety culture Chapter 20. Nosocomial infections in developing countries Chapter 21. Patient safety in laboratory medicine Chapter 22. Patient safety in radiology Chapter 23. Patient safety in the emergency department (ER) Chapter 24. Patient safety in the intensive care unit (ICU) Chapter 25. Patient safety in surgery Chapter 26. Patient safety in Internal medicine (IM) Chapter 27. Patient safety in oncology Chapter 28. Patient safety in pharmacies Chapter 29. Patient safety for special populations: geriatrics Chapter 30. Patient safety for special populations: paediatrics Chapter 31. Patient safety for special populations: pregnancy Chapter 32. Patient safety for special populations: lactation Chapter 33 Patient safety for special populations: adolescents Chapter 34. Patient safety during pandemics Chapter 35. Patient safety training Chapter 36. Patient safety: antimicrobial-resistance and interventions Chapter 37. Patient safety: dermatology, beauty and cosmetic medicine Chapter 38. Technology for Patient Safety Chapter 39. Evidence-based patient safety Section 3. Patient Safety Research Chapter 40. Patient safety research: history and importance Chapter 41. Patient safety research: literature review Chapter 42. Patient safety research: qualitative methods Chapter 43. Patient safety research: quantitative methods Chapter 44. Patient safety research: mixed methods Chapter 45. Patient safety research: clinical trials Chapter 46. Patient safety research: epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology Chapter 47. Patient safety research in developing countries: achievements, challenges, and recommendations Section 4. Patient Safety Case Studies Chapter 48. Patient safety case studies: patient care plan errors and related problems (Part I) Chapter 49. Patient safety case studies: patient care plan errors and related problems (Part II) Chapter 50. Patient safety case studies: Nosocomial infections cases Chapter 51. Patient safety case studies: laboratory medicine and radiology Chapter 52. Patient safety case studies: emergency department Chapter 53. Patient safety case studies: intensive care unit Chapter 54. Patient safety case studies: internal medicine Chapter 55. Patient safety case studies: oncology Chapter 56. Patient safety case studies: antimicrobials Chapter 57. Patient safety case studies: special population Chapter 58. Patient safety resources and tools