Studentships are an important way to build capacity in patient safety. In October 2008, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) issued a call for applications to organizations interested in enabling students to participate in patient safety work. Funding is to support the work of students in any healthcare profession, as well as other disciplines (including but not limited to social sciences, human kinetics, psychology and human factors) interested in patient safety. The goal was to create new collaborative learning opportunities aligned with the mandate of CPSI. Students are required to be the major resource in carrying out the tasks involved in each patient safety project.
CPSI received a total of 21 applications in the 2009-2010 Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) studentship program.
Below are the seven projects selected for funding up to a maximum of $6000 for one year.
Patrick Croskerry, Dalhousie University 
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Paramedic Clinical Decision Making
Anthony Easty, University Health Network More Information
Safety in Home Care: A Human Factors-based Analysis
Mary Heard, Central Regional Health Authority (Manitoba)
Promoting Health Literacy and Patient Safety with Seniors
Colleen Kearney, VHA Home Healthcare More Information
Making Home Care Safer: Adopting S-BAR at VHA Home HealthCare
Avi Parush, Carleton University
Communication in Patient Care Handoffs and Implications to Safety
Barbara Watson, St. John’s Rehab Hospital
The Safety Competencies: Operationalizing Domain 1
Sunita Vohra, University of Alberta
Systematic Review of Adverse Case Reports Related to pediatric use of NHPs
Please feel free to contact Hina Laeeque, Project Manager at
hlaeeque@cpsi-icsp.ca if you have any questions or need further information.