Risk Mapping
Risk Mapping Patterns in Community Pharmacy Error Reporting
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists
Patient/Public Partner(s)
Sam Belbin
Project Trainee(s)
Julia Rodgers
Collaborator(s)
Andrea Bishop
Funding Source(s)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance
Project Objectives
To determine how risk is considered, conceptualized, and studied in community pharmacy practice. To determine how Canadian pharmaceutical regulators define, discuss, and craft regulations related to risk. To determine what resources concerning risk (risk mitigation strategies) are available in community pharmacy settings. To determine how risk management in pharmacy regulatory practices differs from that in the Information Technology industry.
Research Approach
Rapid Scoping Review
Project Lead(s)
Kim Sears
Dr. Kim Sears is a Professor at Queen’s University. She is the Associate Director of Health Quality Programs. Dr. Sears has over thirty years’ experience as a nurse. Throughout her teaching experience, she has been primarily involved in the area of quality and safety in healthcare. She conducts an active program of research in health services with a focus on advancing quality care, reducing risk and improving patient safety. The majority of her work focuses on furthering the quality and safety of medication delivery. Dr. Sears has experience working integrative studies using systemic review methodology.
Kim Sears
Queens University, Joanna Briggs Institute
Dr. Kim Sears is a Professor at Queen’s University. She...