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During the last decades, the interest in patient safety has notably increased in the society, thus, the continuous improvement of competence in patient safety among the health care staff and managers is essential. This project aims to develop the hybrid curriculum of patient safety module integrating academic master’s education and continuous professional education (CPE) in nursing. This kind of integration enables to merge academic and clinical knowledge what is required in implementation and managing patient safety interventions in research and clinical practice. It is achieved by appropriate training of the teaching staff, development of the innovative teaching and learning resources (TLR), and through adding the international dimension by common training and exchange of knowledge and experience between University of Tartu (Estonia) and Nord University (Norway). Moreover, this curriculum and resources will be applicable for the undergraduate training of medical students as well for the CPE of physicians and other health professionals. Therefore, besides the development of new innovative TLRs and exchange of good practices between the project partners, this project will support the integration between higher education and employment.
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During the last decades, the interest in patient safety has notably increased in the society, thus, the continuous improvement of competence in patient safety among the health care staff and managers is essential. This project aim was to develop the hybrid curriculum of patient safety module integrating academic master’s education and continuous professional education (CPE) in nursing. This kind of integration enables to merge academic and clinical knowledge what is required in implementation and managing patient safety interventions in research and clinical practice. It is achieved by appropriate training of the teaching staff, development of the innovative teaching and learning resources (TLR), and through adding the international dimension by common training and exchange of knowledge and experience between University of Tartu (Estonia) and Nord University (Norway). Moreover, this curriculum and resources are applicable for the undergraduate training of medical students as well for the CPE of physicians and other health professionals. Therefore, besides the development of new innovative TLRs and exchange of good practices between the project partners, this project supports the integration between higher education and employment.
During this project the new hybrid curriculum of the patient safety course for master degree students and for the CPE of healthcare staff was developed. The main focus is to improvement of patient safety in advanced nursing: teamwork, safety culture, and patient involvement. The volume of the course is 3 ECTS and it covers the following topics: the concepts of teamwork, safety culture, and patient involvement in the context of the improvement the patient safety in nursing. This course is designed to fulfil the gaps in the existing curricula of the under- and postgraduate training programs in nursing/health sciences in Estonia and in Norway as well in continuous professional training for practicing nurses in both countries. This course is using the principles of intraprofessional shared learning, the target groups are nursing master students and registered nurses (practitioners). To implement the course, the package of appropriate learning materials was developed, as well the guidelines and supportive materials for the teachers. Thirdly, assessment tool was created and tgis assessment tool provides the framework and tips for the teachers how to assess the achievement of learning outcomes in the shared learning process. Finally, with the permission of the author the H-PEPSS (Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey) instrument was translated and adapted.
Curriculum for the patient safety module was created. After the curriculum was developed and all the topics and learning outcomes for the course were set, the learning and teaching materials were developed. The package of teaching and learning materials includes the following materials: 1) Guideline for teachers, 2) Three case studies, 3) Learning video (The ISBARR Framework, Scenario 1 & 2) – in Norwegian and available with English and Estonian subtitles 4) Supportive materials for the teachers (available in English). Also the assessment tool was created. The most remarkable impact and benefit is foreseen for the students who will have a new and innovative opportunity to obtain knowledge and skills in patient safety. For the society the most important benefit is the improved safety of health services witch influences healthcare costs, satisfaction with care and overall trust of patients to the healthcare organization. The impact and benefit for the teaching staff is improved knowledge and skills as well the real innovative teaching resources which improve the teaching environment and thereby the motivation of the teaching staff, too. For the participating organizations the main benefit is the updated curriculum for the patient safety module, innovative teaching and learning resources as well the assessment tool and course evaluation form. For the staff in higher education administration the impact and benefit are related to the improved image of the institution, increased interest for the offered training as well the additional resources for the development of other training modules in the future. It is expected that this project will support the long-term cooperation between both universities.
Summary of bilateral results
Some cooperation will continue already after the funding of this project has been ended. We will continue the work with the publishing of the project results but also the further validation of the H-PEPSS instrument in Estonia and in Norway. The validated instruments will be used for nursing master’s students at the entry of the program and after finishing the program. In the nearest future we will start the with the on-line lectures for the nursing master students in Estonia and in Norway provided by the core group members from Estonia and Norway.