Course Goals:

The purpose of this comprehensive fall prevention course is to equip healthcare professionals with the essential knowledge, skills, and collaboration techniques to identify fall risk factors, conduct effective fall risk assessments, implement evidence-based prevention strategies, and foster a multidisciplinary approach to enhance patient safety in healthcare settings. By the end of the course, participants should be able to confidently identify fall risk factors, execute evidence-based prevention techniques, and communicate effectively with patients and their families to enhance patient safety and reduce fall incidents in healthcare settings.

Learning Outcomes: 

After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

• Recognize the definition and significant impact of falls in healthcare settings. 
  
• Identify statistics and prevalence rates of falls across different patient populations. 
  
• Apply a multidisciplinary approach to fall prevention, collaborating effectively as a team of nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists to enhance patient safety and reduce fall-related incidents. 
  
• Identify the intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors associated with falls. 
  
• Choose appropriate fall risk assessment tools and techniques to accurately evaluate a patient's fall risk level and develop personalized fall prevention strategies. 
  
• Recognize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to fall prevention for enhancing patient safety in healthcare settings. 
  
• Summarize effective communication strategies to educate patients and their families on fall prevention strategies, fostering active engagement in promoting patient safety in healthcare settings. 
  
• Recognize the steps of a root cause analysis of a fall for improvements in fall prevention programs. 
  
• Identify an effective healthcare after falls action plan, encompassing post-fall assessments, healthcare team communication, and post-fall debriefing.