Organizations commit to implementing PSMF’s Patient safety curriculum

To advance the education of healthcare professionals andreduce the number of preventable deaths, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation(PSMF) has developed core curriculum to teach patient safety throughout theentire education process, from freshman year through residency. The continuededucation and development of healthcare students and professionals improves thequality of patient care and eliminates preventable medical error.

By committing to the Patient Safety Curriculum (ActionablePatient Safety Solutions #17), participants commit to:

“Helping healthcare students and professionals understandhow to integrate patient safety into everything they do is critical to creatinga culture and infrastructure that reduces preventable harm to patients,” saidDavid Mayer, Patient Safety Movement Foundation CEO. “Our curriculum does thatand provides them with behaviors and tools they need to prevent medicalerrors.”

Four organizations have already made their commitments tothis curriculum: Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Universidad Autónoma deMéxico (UNAM) School of Medicine, San Diego State University (SDSU) School ofNursing, and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

Chapman University will introduce the full range of patientsafety concepts to pharmacy students. The patient safety curriculum will beginduring the first year of school with the goal of creating entry-levelpractitioners with a broad knowledge base and skills that can be used toimprove patient safety. Chapman’s five-year strategic plan calls for specificactivity and investment in patient safety research, education and practice.

UNAM will use this curriculum to strengthen its role inclinical care through patient safety management and to fully integrate it intothe teaching process. Additionally, UNAM will continue to use simulation as acritical component of their students’ preparation for clinical practice, bothat the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

SDSU will incorporate the Patient Safety Curriculum intotheir Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) program as updates tocurriculum content during the 2019-2021 academic years. Basic concepts will beintegrated in Professional Formation courses with more advanced conceptsincluded in teaching nursing skills, advanced care and critical caresimulations.

Geisinger Commonwealth identified this curriculum as anopportunity to emphasize its patient-centered communication, patient safety andquality improvement. Geisinger’s commitment will help ensure that patientsafety continues to be an emphasis of current curricular content. Simulationsand clinical settings will be used to develop patient safety skills.

“This tool is now free and available for every university toimplement; we hope they all will, so that in a decade patient safety is indeedhardwired throughout the entire profession,”stated Joe Kiani, founder and chairmanof the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.

For more information on the Patient Safety Movement Foundation or to make a commitment to the Patient Safety Curriculum, visit patientsafetymovement.org.