
About this course
Overview
Preventable harm is a systems problem that keeps getting treated as an individual one. This covers quality improvement methods, analysing incidents honestly, and the safety culture work that moves an organisation past compliance and into measurable improvement.
What you will be able to do
Learning outcomes
- Run a quality improvement cycle
- Conduct a root cause analysis of harm
- Select and track meaningful safety indicators
- Encourage open incident reporting
- Embed improvements into routine practice
What the course sets out to do
Course objectives
- Apply structured quality improvement methods
- Analyse incidents and adverse events
- Measure quality and safety performance
- Build a just and reporting safety culture
- Sustain improvement beyond one-off projects
Course content
Modules
01Quality improvement foundations
Improvement science and structured QI methods.
02Measuring quality and safety
Indicators, dashboards, and interpreting variation.
03Incident and adverse event analysis
Root cause analysis of preventable harm.
04Safety culture
Just culture, reporting, and psychological safety.
05Improvement projects
Planning and running practical improvement work.
06Sustaining change
Embedding and spreading improvement across services.
Who it is for
Target audience
Quality managers, patient safety leads, clinical governance staff, and service managers in health facilities.
Before you start
Prerequisites
A clinical, quality or health management role.