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TeamSTEPPS Enhancing Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Module

TeamSTEPPS Enhancing Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Module



Tools to Improve Safety for Patients with Limited English Proficiency

Research shows that safety events that affect patients with limited English proficiency tend to be more severe and occur more frequently due to communication errors.  Two new tools are now available to help improve patient safety in those with limited English proficiency. The TeamSTEPPS® Limited English Proficiency module developed by AHRQ and the Department of Defense can help staff reduce medical errors for patients with limited English skills.  Approximately 57 million people – 20 percent of the U.S. population – speak a language other than English at home, and approximately 25 million – nearly 9 percent of the U.S. population – are defined as limited English proficient, meaning that they speak English less than “very well.” The module is available in CD format and includes PowerPoint presentations, teaching modules, and video vignettes that can be used to train staff.  As a companion to the TeamSTEPPS module, “Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals” helps hospital leaders learn how to identify, report, monitor, and prevent medical errors among patients with limited English Proficiency.  Select to access the TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency module and Hospital Guide.  Copies of the module CD are available by sending an e-mail to AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.


TeamSTEPPS® Enhancing Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Module


The TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency module is designed to help you develop and deploy a customized plan to train your staff in teamwork skills and lead a medical teamwork improvement initiative in your organization from initial concept development through to sustainment of positive changes. This evidence-based module will provide insight into the core concepts of teamwork as they are applied to your work with patients who have difficulty communicating in English. Comprehensive curricula and instructional guides include short case studies and videos illustrating teamwork opportunities and successes.
Also select Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals, which may help you and your organization prepare for the TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency module.”

Module Materials

Staff Training

Pre-Work

Handouts

Slide Presentations

Train the Trainers

Pre-Work

Handouts

Slide Presentations

Related Resources

Guides

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