Patient safety research: a guide for developing training programmes

Overview

This document brings together current concepts on curriculum building, training and education in the field of patient safety research. This guide is intended for course organizers, trainers or faculty members who contribute towards curriculum development and the organization of training programmes at their respective institutions. It provides a list of core training objectives, based on a set of agreed core competencies, and examples for research training programmes to be selectively chosen by educators based on their own programme objectives and target audience. The content of the guide is organized around four major sections:

• The global scope of patient safety
• Four steps to developing patient safety curricula
• Knowledge, skills and attitudes required for core competencies
• Examples of training programmes