Canadian Patient Safety Institute offers Patient Safety Officer Course

Providing an overview of the fundamentals of patient safety, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute is offering an online and in-person Canadian Patient Safety Officer Course, which equips healthcare professionals and leaders with the information, tools and techniques to build a strong patient safety culture within their organizations. The in-person course takes place from 3-6 June 2019, in Ottawa, Canada.

The in-person course is delivered in a workshop format,where professionals will learn and become patient safety officers via acompressed 4-day curriculum delivered by foremost patient safety experts. Thein-person course allows learners to have a dedicated time and space for anintensive learning experience focused on patient safety. Learners will have aninvaluable opportunity to network and concurrently learn from peers across thecountry.

The Canadian Patient Safety Officer Course is jointlydeveloped and delivered by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute andHealthCareCAN, supported by experts from across Canada and internationally. Thecourse is intended for healthcare professionals and leaders who have the formalresponsibility of disseminating patient safety principles and programsthroughout the organization, including patient safety officers, clinicalmanagers, nurses, physicians, educators and allied health professionals.