Webinar: https://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/toolsResources/Pages/Indigenous-Perspectives-on-Patient-Safety-2019-10-03.aspx

There were a lot of things from the webinar I learned and as a result felt grateful to be able to hear stories, experiences, and lessons that I can apply in my future career going forward. This webinar talked about adverse experiences, empathy, confidentiality, creating a safe space, polypharmacy, and biases. However, all these topics are connected to patient safety from an indigenous point of view which is the main message of this webinar. Both this week’s lecture and webinar went in dept on safety by discussing topics like the importance of a safe environment and the occurrence of harmful events or adverse experiences. In addition to that, both signified the importance of quality care by incorporating the 6 domains(accessibility, effectiveness, efficiency, patient safety, patient-centered care, and equitable), although these weren’t listed one by one in the webinar they were presented and discussed one way or the other. With this knowledge as a future nurse, I plan to create safe spaces, show empathy and protect confidentiality by considering new ways of sharing experiences that may involve structures that we don’t traditionally look at since the health business can’t guarantee confidentiality as they are required to do a process of investigation.