Field Test of the World Health Organization Multi-Professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although the importance of training in patient safety has been acknowledged for over a decade, it remains under-utilized and under-valued in most countries. WHO developed the Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide to provide schools with the requirements and tools for incorporating patient safety in education. It was field tested with 12 participating schools across the six WHO regions, to assess its effectiveness for teaching patient safety to undergraduate and graduate students in a global variety of settings.

Methods

The evaluation used a combined prospective/retrospective design to generate formative information on the experiences of working with the Guide and summative information on the impacts of the Guide. Using stakeholder interviews and stu

SUBMITTER: Farley D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583458 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature