Patient safety and quality of care
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Patient safety guidance and tools / Education and training

Multi-professional curriculum guide

The Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide (2011) was developed to assist in the teaching of patient safety in universities and schools in the fields of dentistry, medicine, midwifery, nursing and pharmacy. It also supports the on-going training of all health care professionals.

The Curriculum Guide is comprised of two parts. Part A is a teachers’ guide designed to introduce patient safety concepts to educators. It relates to building capacity for patient safety education, programme planning and design of the courses. Part B provides all-inclusive, ready-to-teach, topic-based patient safety courses that can be used as a whole, or on a per topic basis. There are 11 patient safety topics, each designed to feature a variety of ideas and methods for patient safety learning. Universities are encouraged to start with Part A which provides comprehensive advice on how to introduce and build patient safety courses.

Supporting materials for implementing the WHO Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide are available to download below. This includes guidance on adaptation the guide to local contexts, additional resources to aid implementation and teaching resources such as slides and hand-outs. 


Getting started with the guide in your organization


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Teaching resources

Handouts

Evaluation

The evaluation of the Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide took place in 12 pilot sites and numerous complementary test sites. It was initiated in January 2012 and data collection ended in December 2012.The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Curriculum Guide as a resource for teaching patient safety to students in the fields of dentistry, midwifery, nursing and pharmacy. 

Evaluation report

 

 

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