The PSEP — Canada curriculum, was originally developed by international patient safety experts and customized by Canadian patient safety experts for Canadian healthcare providers.

You can access PSEP — Canada resources by downloading individual education modules pulled directly from our curriculum.

The PSEP-Canada curriculum was revised in 2017/2018.

Core Curriculum

The PSEP — Canada curriculum consists of multiple modules divided into several categories:

Plenary modules introduce the history of and concepts related to patient safety.

• Plenary 1: Gaps in Patient Safety: A Call to Action
• Plenary 2: External Influences: Issues of Law, Capacity, and Policy
• Plenary 3: What is Patient Safety?: A Conceptual Framework
• Plenary 4: Advancing Patient Safety: How to Teach and Implement Practice

Core modules cover various topics healthcare professionals must have knowledge of to be effective in promoting patient safety.

• Module 1: Systems Thinking: Moving Beyond Blame to Safety
• Module 2: Human Factors Design: Applications for Healthcare
• Module 3: Communication: Building Understanding with Patients and Caregivers
• Module 4: Teamwork: Being an Effective Team Member
• Module 5: Organization and Culture
• Module 6: Technology: Impact on Patient Safety

• Module 7a: Patients as Partners: Engaging Patients and Families: Patient and Family Centred Care

• Module 7b: Patients as Partners: Engaging Patients and Families in the Disclosure Process

• Module 8: Leadership: Everybody’s Job
• Module 9: Methods for Improving Safety
• Module 14: Medication Reconciliation
• Module 15: Capacity Building: Transferring PSEP – Canada Knowledge to your Organization

• Module 16: Canadian Incident Analysis Framework

• Module 17a: How to Build and Embed Patient Safety and Quality Content into Curricula/Education Programs

• Module 18: Patient / Client Safety in Home Care
• Module 19: The Healthcare Provider’s Experience of Patient Safety Incidents

Cluster modules are clinically focused to help contextualize the material for the clinical work setting.

• Module 12: Interventional Care
  
• Module 12a: Perioperative Care
  
• Module 12b: Infection Control
  
• Module 12c: Medication Safety
• Module 13: Mental Health Care
• Module 13: Mental Health Care: An Introduction to Patient Safety Issues
• Module 13a: Preventing Suicide and Self-Harm
• Module 13b: Absconding and Missing Patients
• Module 13c: Diminishing Violence and Aggressive Behaviour
• Module 13d: Seclusion and Restraint