Clear the stage for the next generation of patient safety experts
12.07.2023 16:03
The jury of the young talent development award, which the Patient Safety Action Alliance awards together with its partners as part of the “German Prize for Patient Safety”, has chosen the 2023 winners. What was particularly striking this year was the quality of all dissertations, which the jury praised as very high. There were a particularly large number of submissions from the field of drug therapy safety. The Patient Safety Alliance awarded a prize of 500 euros each for a bachelor's thesis, a master's or diploma thesis and a dissertation.
“We would like to promote and recognize the scientific discussion of patient safety. That’s why the prize is important,” says jury chairman Prof. Dr. Matthias Weigl from the Institute for Patient Safety at the University Hospital of Bonn. At the jury meeting, he stated that the methodological quality of the work in the field of drug therapy safety was particularly positive. “We are particularly proud of the young scientists who are dealing with patient safety and this award is therefore also a thank you to the young experts who selected the topic,” says Dr. Ruth Hecker, chairwoman of the Patient Safety Alliance. She emphasized that motivating all healthcare professionals to address and advance patient safety is a major challenge. Not just on an academic level, but also in implementation. This makes constant motivation to continue on this path all the more important. “A round of applause from all members of the Patient Safety Action Alliance, and there are 800 of them, for the award winners: Diana Höfer from the SRH University of Health on the Gera campus, Lars Wismar now working at the Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Bonn - the diploma thesis was created in cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and Dr. Sarah Friederike Seiberth from the LMU Clinic Munich.”
The winners in detail:
In the “Dissertation” category, Dr. Sarah Friederike Seiberth (Pharmacy, LMU Clinic Munich) received the Patient Safety Young Talent Award 2023 for “Drug-related problems in urological patients with impaired kidney function - identification and clinical-pharmaceutical care in everyday clinical practice”.
In the “Diploma Thesis” category, Lars Wismar (Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Bonn; diploma thesis in cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena) received the Patient Safety Young Talent Award 2023 for “Improved drug therapy safety of parenteral drug administration through the use of smart infusion systems – investigation of the status quo and development of a standardization concept in Germany”.
In the “Bachelor’s thesis” category, Diana Höfer (SRH University of Health on the Gera Campus) received the award for “Practical instructions under the aspect of patient safety in anesthesia technology training”.