12 March 2012
MUSCAT -- The World Health Organization (WHO) launched here yesterday the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide in the Eastern Mediterranean Region under the auspices of Dr Mubarak bin Saleh al Khadhori, Special Adviser to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos.
Dr Al Khadhori said the multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide is a comprehensive manual to assist effective capacity building in patient safety education by healthcare academic institutions. He expressed happiness that the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital is designated by the WHO as the centre for co-operation in the field of patient safety.
In his speech, Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health, welcomed the launch of WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide in Oman said it assumed importance in view of the vast variety of diseases, multiplicity of diagnosis and rapid technological evolutions in the present age.
Dr Al Saeedi said the fact that SQU Hospital is the centre for WHO co-operation makes it clear that this world body trusts our healthcare and academic system and institutions. As patient safety teaching is relatively new for most healthcare educators, the Curriculum Guide provides, in a single publication, educational frameworks and features a variety of concepts and methods for teaching and assessing patient safety, he added.
In a statement, Dr Ala Alwan, Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, said there are many elements involved in the improvement of patient safety in the healthcare system.
An effective governance system, demonstrating explicitly transparency, is an essential pre-requisite for the safety of health services.
The present Curriculum Guide is designed to be easily integrated into existing healthcare education curricula using a flexible approach to meet individual needs, and is applicable to different cultures and contexts.
While it offers healthcare schools and universities a recommended framework and resource materials, individual adaptations to local requirements, settings, student learning needs and resources are encouraged.
The development of the Multi-professional Curriculum Guide began in January 2010 and is based on the Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools, published in 2009.
A core working group comprised of experts from international professional associations in dentistry, medicine, midwifery, nursing and pharmacy, as well as from the WHO regions, co-ordinated the work of reviewing the 2009 Curriculum Guide, assessing available scientific evidence, and rewriting sections as they would apply to dentists, midwives, nurses and pharmacists.
They also provided multi-professional case studies to support interdisciplinary learning and actively fostered discussion among experts and authors. More than 50 international experts contributed to preparing this document.
MUSCAT -- The World Health Organization (WHO) launched here yesterday the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide in the Eastern Mediterranean Region under the auspices of Dr Mubarak bin Saleh al Khadhori, Special Adviser to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos.
Dr Al Khadhori said the multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide is a comprehensive manual to assist effective capacity building in patient safety education by healthcare academic institutions. He expressed happiness that the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital is designated by the WHO as the centre for co-operation in the field of patient safety.
In his speech, Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health, welcomed the launch of WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide in Oman said it assumed importance in view of the vast variety of diseases, multiplicity of diagnosis and rapid technological evolutions in the present age.
Dr Al Saeedi said the fact that SQU Hospital is the centre for WHO co-operation makes it clear that this world body trusts our healthcare and academic system and institutions. As patient safety teaching is relatively new for most healthcare educators, the Curriculum Guide provides, in a single publication, educational frameworks and features a variety of concepts and methods for teaching and assessing patient safety, he added.
In a statement, Dr Ala Alwan, Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, said there are many elements involved in the improvement of patient safety in the healthcare system.
An effective governance system, demonstrating explicitly transparency, is an essential pre-requisite for the safety of health services.
The present Curriculum Guide is designed to be easily integrated into existing healthcare education curricula using a flexible approach to meet individual needs, and is applicable to different cultures and contexts.
While it offers healthcare schools and universities a recommended framework and resource materials, individual adaptations to local requirements, settings, student learning needs and resources are encouraged.
The development of the Multi-professional Curriculum Guide began in January 2010 and is based on the Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools, published in 2009.
A core working group comprised of experts from international professional associations in dentistry, medicine, midwifery, nursing and pharmacy, as well as from the WHO regions, co-ordinated the work of reviewing the 2009 Curriculum Guide, assessing available scientific evidence, and rewriting sections as they would apply to dentists, midwives, nurses and pharmacists.
They also provided multi-professional case studies to support interdisciplinary learning and actively fostered discussion among experts and authors. More than 50 international experts contributed to preparing this document.
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