HF Patient Safety BrochureThe Department of Surgical Affairs at RCSI are delighted to advise that their innovative part-time postgraduate programme in Human Factors in Patient Safety is now available to complete in one year as a Postgraduate Diploma or over two years as a Postgraduate Master’s Degree. The progamme brochure can be downloaded HERE

This flexible part-time programme supports candidates who wish to become experts in delivering patient safety and quality improvement initiatives in acute hospitals. The programme is positioned at level 9 on the NFQ and has attracted interest from surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine doctors, obstetricians, pharmacists, nurses and midwives working in the acute hospital setting and safety and quality managers.

Enrollment is on-going and successful applicants will be allocated places on a first come first served bases. To avoid disappointment, please express your interest as soon as possible. The programme will commence as scheduled in September 2020 but if COVID-19 restrictions apply in the autumn that impact onsite delivery, then the programme is ready to commence with online delivery.

You can find out more about the programme by clicking HERE to register your interest, request a call or read testimonials from graduates of the programme. The Human Factors team at RCSI Surgical Affairs would be delighted to hear further from you at mschumanfactorsps@rcsi.ie  if you should have any queries or questions.