Human Factors in Patient Safety Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Overview

You will attend online interactive sessions and workshops one day per month. The rest of the multi-disciplinary programme including didactic teaching, discussion boards, reading, and resources are offered online, which you can access it in your own time.

The Human Factors in Patient Safety programme from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is suitable for surgeons, physicians, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine doctors, obstetricians, pharmacists, nurses and midwives working in the hospital setting, as well as safety and quality managers. Graduates achieve an in-depth understanding of error and risk in healthcare systems, you will acquire the skills to be safer and more efficient in your own practice, and gain the knowledge and skills to improve the safety and quality of care in your work systems.

The aims of the programme include the development of:

• a comprehensive understanding of error, risk and safety in healthcare;
• the social, cognitive and personal resource skills necessary to be safe and effective healthcare workers, team members and team leaders; and
• expertise in conducting patient safety research and quality improvement initiatives in healthcare.

The programme is accredited by the National University of Ireland, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and RCSI.

Learning Outcomes 

The aims of the programme are threefold and include the development of:

• a comprehensive understanding of error, risk and safety in healthcare;

• the social, cognitive and personal resource skills necessary to be safe and effective healthcare workers, team members and team leaders; and

• expertise in conducting patient safety research and quality improvement initiatives in healthcare.

Accreditation

The first of its kind in Ireland, it is accredited by the National University of Ireland (NUI) and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).