Objectives:

• Define Serotonin Syndrome
• Explore the drug interactions that often cause serotonin syndrome
• Explore risk factors for serotonin syndrome
• Discuss why mental health clinicians need to know about serotonin syndrome
• Learn about treatment for serotonin syndrome
• Explore common communication errors which can lead to medical errors in multidisciplinary teams

Objectives:

Objective

• Identify types of medical errors common in counseling and a comprehensive integrated system of care
• Discuss pain assessment and management techniques and how pain influences the comprehensive treatment process
• Identify common documentation and communication errors in counseling and among multidisciplinary teams which may lead to medical errors

Florida Board Approved Medical Error Prevention Course

Root-cause analysis

Error reduction and prevention

Patient safety practices

Areas within mental health practice that carry the potential for "medical" errors including: Improper diagnosis, failure to comply with mandatory abuse reporting laws, inadequate assessment of potential for violence (e.g., suicide, homicide), failure to detect medical conditions presenting as a psychological/psychiatric disorder.

• Identify medical errors common in a comprehensive integrated system of care including pain management
• Discuss how pain influences the comprehensive treatment process
• Identify causes of errors
• Describe effects of medical errors on the wellbeing of the patient and family
• Identify common documentation and communication errors in multidisciplinary teams
• Offer a definition of "medical error" as described by the institute of medicine
• Identify the factors that must be included in a credible root cause analysis
• Identify major signs and symptoms of a medical emergency
• List pharmacological components of pain management
• Describe other interventions designed to prevent harm and to protect patient safety commonly utilized by therapists

• Describe why strategic planning for medication safety is vital to all healthcare organizations
• Identify the seven components necessary in a strategic plan for medication safety
• Identify who should be involved in the medication safety planning process
• Identify the processes that will assist participants in making appropriate judgments and decisions
•  Identify goals, communicate relevant changes in processes and procedures and evaluate progress towards goals
•  Initiate process assessments to identify areas needing safety improvements
•  Understand what the various stakeholders and contributors have to offer
•  Identify the 10 Key Elements of the Medication Use System and ways they can be promoted in the students own work setting
• Identify the purpose of system redundancies
• Identify error-prone processes in their organization

Objectives

• Define Serotonin Syndrome
• Explore the drug interactions that often cause serotonin syndrome
• Explore risk factors for serotonin syndrome
• Discuss why mental health clinicians need to know about serotonin syndrome
• Learn about treatment for serotonin syndrome
• Explore common communication errors which can lead to medical errors in multidisciplinary teams

Based on Counselor Toolbox Episodes 147 and 148