Our 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 programme brochure can be viewed here.

This 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 is a fully inter-professional programme developed to meet the needs of Surgeons, Anaesthetists, EM doctors, Acute Care Nurses, Nurse Educationalists and other health care professionals. In the past it has attracted both NCHDs and Consultants.

The programme is now open for enrolment and will commence as scheduled in September 2020.  If COVID-19 restrictions apply in the autumn that impact onsite delivery then the programme is ready to commence with online delivery.  First-round applications will be reviewed after 20th June 2020 and successful applicants will be allocated places on a first come first served bases.

You can find out more on its website to register your interest, request a call or read testimonials from graduates of the programme. The Human Factors team would be delighted to hear further from you at MScHumanFactorsPS@rcsi.ie if you should have any queries or questions.