Global release of the Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide
The new Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide released by WHO Patient Safety in October 2011 promotes the need for patient safety education to improve the safety of care. The comprehensive guide assists universities and schools in the fields of dentistry, medicine, midwifery, nursing and pharmacy to teach patient safety. It also supports the training of all health-care professionals on a number of priority patient safety concepts to improve learning about patient safety.
11-12 March 2012: Eastern Mediterranean Regional launch of the Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide
The Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide was launched in Muscat, Oman, on 11-12 March 2012, with representatives from countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region including Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Yemen. In addition, representatives from Australia, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America also participated in the launch.
The event was hosted by Sultan Qaboos University and the Ministry of Health Oman, and facilitated by the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO). A patient safety workshop was part of the event.
19 October 2011: Western Pacific Regional launch of the Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide
The Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide was launched by a group of countries of the Western Pacific Region in a special event in Manila, the Philippines, on 19 October 2011.
The event was organized by the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office in collaboration with the Philippines Patient Safety Association and the College of Surgeons. As part of the one-day event, a workshop took place on opportunities and obstacles to implementing the Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide.
