Module GW4600-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master in Health and Healthcare Science 2019, compulsory, Theories and methods of health care
• Master in Health and Healthcare Science 2025, compulsory, Theories and methods of health care

Classes and lectures:

• Monitoring and Indicators of Patient Safety (lecture, 1 SWS)
• Science Communication (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 105 hours private studies and exercises
• 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• PATIENT SAFETY:
• Indicators of patient safety
• Causes of critical events and patient harm
• Systems thinking in organizations
• Patient/client involvement in safety-related issues
• Safety culture in healthcare
• Communication and communication as factors of patient safety
• Learning from critical events- systematic recording and evaluation
• Patient safety measures- implementation and monitoring
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• SCIENCE COMMUNICATION:
• Introduction to the purpose, value and methods of effective science communication
• Ethical responsibility in science communication, preventing misinformation, ensuring cultural sensitivity and inclusivity
• Tailoring communication formats and channels to different audiences, including public, policymakers, media, and peers
• Core communication skills: clarity, brevity, storytelling, and audience engagement
• Data visualization for effective science communication, including geo-maps, infographics, and interactive online content
• Effective presentation skills, including 3-Minute thesis, scientific posters, oral presentations, keynotes, podcasts and emerging media formats
• Peer review and research services in the scientific community
• Intellectual property, personal brand and creative commons licensing for creative outputs

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• PATIENT SAFETY:
• Students understand connections between organizational and safety culture and critical incidents.
• Students are aware of current findings and measures to improve patient safety
• Students are able to apply theoretical approaches to practical issues in patient safety
• Students are able to recognize and analyze patient safety relevant aspects in practice
• Students recognize security-relevant conflict potentials in cooperation with others and reflect on these against the background of cross-situational conditions.
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• SCIENCE COMMUNICATION:
• Students apply ethical standards in science communication, including the proactive prevention of misinformation
• Students can assess diverse communication needs and adapt messages for a variety of audiences and channels
• Students are able to present their work in engaging ways, including purposeful storytelling and impactful data visualizations
• Students can provide and receive peer feedback on scientific abstracts and manuscript at an accredited, high standard of proficiency
• Students understand intellectual property principles to creative work and creative commons licensing
• Students are able to develop a comprehensive communication strategy for a research project or an area of interest

Grading through:

• presentation

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Marina Weckend

Teacher:

• Institute of Health Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Marina Weckend
• Prof. Dr. rer. medic. Katja Stahl

Literature:

• World Health Organization : WHO Mustercurriculum Patientensicherheit /li>
• J.P. Bertemes, S. Haan & D. Hans : 50 Essentials on Science Communication De Gruyter Mouton, 2024
• G. Reynolds : Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery New Riders, 2019
• E.F. Bloomfield : Science v. Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators University of California Press, 2024

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

16.09.2025