Patient Safety and Risk Management

A training program that equips professionals to implement practices that ensure patient safety by identifying and mitigating risks in healthcare environments.

Field of Knowledge: Quality and Safety

OBJECTIVES | BENEFITS

By the end of the training, participants will be able to recognize the importance of Risk Management and Patient Safety for the quality of care, analyze adverse events, interpret patient safety in an integrated manner, and master fundamental methodologies and concepts of risk management and patient safety.

IDEAL STUDENT

• Healthcare and social/community sector professionals;
• Professionals in the health industry and related technologies;
• Leaders of health and social organizations, municipalities, and the sector’s industry;
• The general public and their representatives interested in the subject.

COURSE SYLLABUS

General aspects of Quality in Healthcare, Patient Safety, and Risk Management.
Frequency of adverse events and key aspects of their prevention and impact.
Policies and strategies for Patient Safety and risk management.
Health and occupational safety and patient safety.
Human factors and patient safety.
Risk management tools.
International goals for patient safety.
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance – Leadership and safety culture.
Research in Patient Safety.

CERTIFICATION

The awarding of 4 ECTS requires a positive result in the final assessment.