Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools

Overview

As medical students are among the future leaders in health care, it is vital that they are knowledgeable and skilful in their application of patient safety principles and concepts. This Curriculum Guide equips medical students with essential patient safety learning so they can practice safely in all their clinical activities.

 

Evaluation

An international evaluation study of the Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools was completed in nine countries across the six WHO regions by December 2010. The reports below describe the evaluation study and outcomes.

 

Evaluation of the Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools: Student and Tutor Questionnaires and Guides for Focus Groups

Questionnaires relating to each patient safety topic were developed in order to assess the views of students immediately after teaching of a topic and specific before and after questionnaires for selected topics. Tutor and student questionnaires and guides for focus groups, to be administered close to the end of the study period, were developed to explore reflections of their experience of the implementation and delivery of patient safety teaching overall.

Slides to use with the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools

To accompany the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools a series of slides have been developed to mirror the topics included in the Curriculum.

To download these please click on the links below.