Patient Safety Curriculum: Module Content and Faculty
Course Description
The NPSF Patient Safety Curriculum is a 10-module, online course intended to equip the learner with the foundational knowledge necessary to understand the context, key principles, and competencies associated with the discipline of patient safety and how these tenets and skills are applied in everyday practice. It takes the learner through the history of the patient safety movement, describes the science and disciplines used in this work, presents current best practices, and outlines strategies for overcoming barriers to safe care. The curriculum modules are aligned with educational standards for patient safety competencies and are anchored by didactic audio/PowerPoint lectures given by NPSF board members and members of the Lucian Leape Institute at NPSF. The modules also include reading materials, links to videos, and module quizzes that focus learners on key patient safety principles. This knowledge is imperative for those working in, or in partnership with, the health care system of today.
Module 1: The Science of Patient Safety
Faculty: Robert M. Wachter, MD
This module introduces the key principles, core concepts, and underlying theories of patient safety and medical error.
Module 2: Advancing Patient Safety through Systems Thinking & Design
Faculty: Doug Bonacum, MBA, BS, and Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD
This module examines contemporary approaches to patient safety through an exploration of error theory, systems thinking, and reliable design.
Module 3: Identifying and Mitigating Patient Safety Risk
Faculty: Barbara J. Youngberg, BSN, MSW, JD
This module describes the processes required for effectively reporting, investigating, and analyzing patient safety incidents and medical errors.
Module 4: Establishing a Patient Safety Culture
Faculty: Gerald B. Hickson, MD, and Barbara M. Balik, EdD, MS, RN
This module addresses patient safety culture as a fundamental aspect of safe, high quality care. Key concepts include Just Culture, human error, accountability, and disruptive behavior.
Module 5: Increasing Patient Safety Awareness and Practice among Clinicians and Staff
Faculty: Julianne Morath, RN, MS, and Pauline F. Robitaille, MSN, RN, CNOR
This module presents effective strategies for educating, engaging, and training clinicians and staff in patient safety initiatives.
Module 6: Strategies for Engaging Executive and Clinical Leaders
Faculty: Gary S. Kaplan, MD, FACMPE
Based on the notion that leadership behavior should model institutional behaviors, this module teaches the core principles of effective leaders, including evidence-based leadership competencies and behaviors as well as change management theory.
Module 7: Principles and Strategies for Patient and Family Engagement
Faculty: Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD
This module addresses patient- and family-centered care as a driving factor in the modern patient safety movement.
Module 8: Methods for Measuring Performance and Clinical Outcomes
Faculty: Maulik S. Joshi, DrPH
This module introduces measurement techniques and methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of patient safety efforts and target specific areas for improvement.
Module 9: The Role of Health Information Technology in Patient Safety
Faculty: Jane D. Englebright, PhD, RN, and Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH
This module concentrates on health information technology (HIT) as a means to facilitate effective communication among health care providers and their patients, while also supporting the delivery of safe, evidence-based care.
Module 10: The National Landscape: Policy, Regulation and the Environment
Faculty: Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc
This module covers the external influences in the field of patient safety by exploring new and emerging trends in health care policy at the federal, state and local levels.
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