Learn: Learnhttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/page/2/?d=1Learn: LearnenBMA: Ethics toolkit for medical students Medical students and electives in resource-poor settings (May 2020)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/bma-ethics-toolkit-for-medical-students-medical-students-and-electives-in-resource-poor-settings-may-2020-r3829/ Key principles of ethics for medical students:

  • Autonomy or self-determination as a medical student
  • Medical students and the GMC
  • Approaching a medical dilemma as a medical student
  • When police request access to patient records
  • Good communication as a medical student
  • Getting consent adults with capacity as a medical student
  • Getting consent from adults without capacity as a medical student
  • Treating children and young people as a medical student
  • Confidentiality as a medical student
  • Working with tutors and senior health professionals as a medical student
  • As a medical student, am I always on duty?
  • Social media as a medical student
  • Medical students and electives in resource-poor settings
  • Cultural relativism as a medical student

To find out more about these topics, follow the link below to the BMA webpage.

]]>3829Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:57:00 +0000BMA: Working in conflicts and emergencies toolkit (September 2020)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/bma-working-in-conflicts-and-emergencies-toolkit-september-2020-r3827/3827Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:50:00 +0000Ethical considerations for local and global volunteerism (American Nurses Association position statement, December 2019)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/ethical-considerations-for-local-and-global-volunteerism-american-nurses-association-position-statement-december-2019-r3826/3826Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:46:00 +0000More harm than good? The questionable ethics of medical volunteering and international student placements (March 2017)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/more-harm-than-good-the-questionable-ethics-of-medical-volunteering-and-international-student-placements-march-2017-r3824/3824Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:39:00 +0000Why is patient safety so hard in low-income countries? A qualitative study of healthcare workers’ views in two African hospitals (February 2015)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/why-is-patient-safety-so-hard-in-low-income-countries-a-qualitative-study-of-healthcare-workers%E2%80%99-views-in-two-african-hospitals-february-2015-r3823/3823Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:25:00 +0000WHO: Patient safety in developing and transitional countries: New insights from Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean (2011)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/who-patient-safety-in-developing-and-transitional-countries-new-insights-from-africa-and-the-eastern-mediterranean-2011-r3822/ The Eastern Mediterranean/African Adverse Events Study is a large scale study carried out in six Eastern Mediterranean and two African countries, to assess the number and types of incidents that can occur in their hospitals and harm patients.

To carry out this study, a collaborative model was established in which 26 hospitals from eight countries, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen participated.

This document contains the main findings of the Eastern Mediterranean/African Study. It presents some of the risks associated with harm in the participating hospitals, as well as the consequences.

]]>3822Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:16:00 +0000Improving patient safety in developing countries – moving towards an integrated approach (November 2018)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/improving-patient-safety-in-developing-countries-%E2%80%93-moving-towards-an-integrated-approach-november-2018-r3821/3821Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:56:00 +0000Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of scale and nature of harm to patients in hospital (BMJ, 2012)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/patient-safety-in-developing-countries-retrospective-estimation-of-scale-and-nature-of-harm-to-patients-in-hospital-bmj-2012-r3820/3820Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:28:00 +0000The challenge of safe anesthesia in developing countries: defining the problems in a medical center in Cambodia (12 March 2020)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/the-challenge-of-safe-anesthesia-in-developing-countries-defining-the-problems-in-a-medical-center-in-cambodia-12-march-2020-r3818/3818Wed, 01 Jan 2020 14:41:00 +0000Improving anesthesia safety in low-resource settings (2018)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/improving-patient-safety/international-development-and-humanitarian/improving-anesthesia-safety-in-low-resource-settings-2018-r3815/3815Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:25:00 +0000