Patient Safety Essentials
A free, six module, self-directed program designed especially for healthcare providers to help you understand the core of patient safety.
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- Topics
- Patient safety
- Patient engagement
- Health Equity
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About Patient Safety Essentials
In the dynamic healthcare environment, prioritizing patient safety is vital. Patient Safety Essentials is an e-learning program designed as a go-to guide that simplifies the fundamentals of patient safety. Empower yourself with the knowledge to develop skills that foster positive change, enhancing healthcare quality and safety across Canada. The best part? It’s completely free!
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Why Choose The Course
Patient Safety Essentials is designed to benefit individuals working in various healthcare sectors across Canada, including acute care, community care, and long-term care. Enroll for free and empower yourself to make a difference in patient safety. Together, we can make safe, high-quality healthcare a reality for everyone in Canada.
What's in the course
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Journey to Patient Safety
Embark on a journey to discover the history and evolution of patient safety and explore why and how we can begin thinking and talking about it differently.
Impact of Harm
Explore the impacts of patient safety incidents on those affected, including patients and caregivers, healthcare providers and teams, and organizations and communities.
Why Things Go Wrong
Understand the impact that design and system issues have on our healthcare system and identify how they are connected to patient safety incidents.
Cultural Safety
Learn more about cultural safety and how you can work towards reconciliation as a healthcare provider.
Patient Safety Incident Analysis
Discover how to analyze and learn from patient safety incidents to prevent harm in the future.
Presence of Safety
Explore how to adopt a broader proactive view of patient safety to enable safer care.
Who should enroll
Below is a list of examples of who could enroll in Patient Safety Essentials. We also encourage those enrolled in their field of study who fall in these categories to also enroll.
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Registered point of care providers
Registered Nurses (RNs)
Nurse Practitioners (NPs)
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)
General practitioners (GPs)
Specialists (e.g., cardiologists, pediatricians)
Physician Assistants
Respiratory therapists
Registered midwives
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Occupational therapists
Speech-language pathologists
Chiropractors
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