The Patients for Patient Safety Canada (PFPSC) volunteers are partners in over 100 collaborations at all system levels each year. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) aims to have 100% of programs and initiatives developed and/or delivered in partnership with patients.

Here are some examples of how we contributed to safer care recently:

Contribute to strategies, initiatives and products related to specific patient safety issues like:

• National Patient Safety Consortium and the Integrated Patient Safety Action Plan.
• Five Questions to Ask about your Medication*
• Engaging patients in patient safety – a Canadian guide.*
• Shift to safety. Resources for the public.*
• Recognizing and Responding to the Deteriorating Patient Condition. What the public needs to know.
• Medication without harm. World Health Organization's third global patient safety challenge.
• Opioid stewardship resources and interventions.
• Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship.
• Never Events for Hospital Care in Canada.
• Patient Safety and Incident Management Toolkit.

Shape curriculum development and delivery of training programs including

• Patient-Centred Experience and Design Program.
• Patient Safety Officer Course.
• Patient Safety Education Program - Canada

Influence and empower patient engagement

• World Health Organization Patients for Patient Safety Programme (advisory group member).
• Canadian capacity building webinars by patients for patients and providers (design and deliver programs).
• Patients and families as partners in detecting the deteriorating patient condition
• Getting the public ready to engage in making care safer: lessons from the anti-smoking movement
• Tips on ways to share your story
• How can we make the partnership with patients and families more impactful?
• Global patients for patient safety webinars (in partnership with WHO Patients for Patient Safety Champion Network)
• You`re kidding, right? Patients to help with antimicrobial resistance?
• Patient engagement in medication safety at the point of care – roles and responsibilities
• Tips for patient engagement in patient safety and quality committees
• Tips for patient family engagement with health authorities  
• How to care for yourself when representing the patient voice

Here are some of the organizations we partner with:

• Atlantic Health Quality and Patient Safety Collaborative
• Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
• Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute
• Coalition for Safe and Effective Pain Management
• Health Quality Ontario
• Health Standards Organization/ Accreditation Canada
• Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada
• HealthCareCAN
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada
• National Patient Safety Consortium
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
• World Health Organization

Interested in partnering with PFPSC? Please contact us at: patients@cpsi-icsp.ca or 1-866-421-6933 ext. 7261 or 780-498-7261.