World Health Organizations Offering Free Online Patient Safety Research Introductory Course
Monday, April 12, 2010
Hundreds of thousands of patients are harmed or die each year through unsafe care or get injured inadvertently when seeking health care. Understanding the magnitude of the problem in hospitals and primary care facilities is the first step towards improving Patient Safety.
The World Health Organization is providing a free on-line course that starts in April 2010 to introduce the basic elements of Patient Safety Research. There will be 8 sessions for healthcare professionals and researchers interested in learning how to identify the Patient Safety problems. Through these sessions, participants will be informed of the core principles of Patient Safety Research.
The sessions will be provided by internationally renowned specialists in Patient Safety; Dr David Bates, External Program Lead for Research, WHO Patient Safety, and the Director of the Center of Excellence in Patient Safety and Research in USA, and Dr Albert Wu, a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
All sessions will be broadcasted through the RAFT network (RAFT:Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine) developed by the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) in 2000 as well as with the application, GoToWebinar. French sessions will be launched in near future. (sessions en français seront lancés dans un proche avenir).
To follow a course, please visit the pages listed below. Participants need a computer with internet access and functioning speakers. There's no need to install any new applications on the computer.
Questions, problems, and requests for testing can be directed to Mai Fujii by email at fujiim@who.int
April 7, 18:00-19:00
What is Patient Safety?
Dr David Bates
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/263478793
April 14, 18:00-19:00
Measures to improve patient safety: an overview
Dr David Bates
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/536074681
April 21, 14:00-15:00
Measuring Harm
Dr Albert Wu
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/121920049
April 28, 14:00-15:00
Understanding Causes
Dr Albert Wu
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/707007025
May 5, 14:00-15:00
Identifying solutions and implementation
Dr Albert Wu
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/936291888
May 12, 14:00-15:00
Evaluating impact
Dr Albert Wu
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/367336473
May 19, 14:00-15:00
Translating Evidence into Safer Care
Dr Albert Wu
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/139251624
May 26, 14:00-15:00
Knowledge strengthening for Patient Safety
Dr Albert Wu
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/462880049
Sessions will be in English. Each session will include a 45 minutes presentation followed by Q&A sessions for 15 minutes. Questions can be typed in by using a keyboard.