Dr. Rosenbloom received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1977. He was a pharmacy resident at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, then went on to coordinate the pharmacy residency program for Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. His successful career functioning in various aspects of pharmaceutical services has culminated with his current position as a Professor of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is also a consultant on patient safety and medico-legal matters. He serves on several provincial, national and international bodies reviewing the areas of drug therapy and medication error. He is an established clinical trials researcher and the author of a number of peer-reviewed articles and books on drug therapy. Dr. Rosenbloom has had a long-standing interest in the prevention of drug-related adverse events through systems changes. Dr. Rosenbloom further utilizes his knowledge of the factors leading to error, including both systematic and cognitive processes, together with his expertise as an expert witness in medical malpractice and criminal cases.

About the lecture

From Error to Safety in Healthcare: what do we need to know in the 21st century?

 "From Error to Safety in Healthcare: what do we need to know in the 21st century?"

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In this seminar, Dr. Rosenbloom will present the following:

• Epidemiology of healthcare error
• Cognitive constructs underpinning the reasons why humans make mistakes
• Problems with the design of systems that make it inevitable for things to go wrong on some occasions when humans interact with badly-designed systems
• Typical responses to discovery of errors
• Review of the issue of disclosure and the burden of non-disclosure
• Methods for reducing the likelihood of error or reducing the harm when errors do occur

Quoted from the 2005 Philip C. and Ethel F. Ashby Lecture Announcement Brochure.