Program Overview

Patient Safety and Cultural Variance (7KANP004)

Course Overview

This module aims to analyse patient safety in the context of culture, with a focus on defining and creating a strong safety culture. You will explore the development of patient safety as a discipline, paradigms in patient safety and how organisational and wider cultural influences impact and shape our approach to patient safety. There will be a focus on how we define and measure patient safety, how we recognise and respond to patient safety incidents and the latest thinking on how a strong safety culture promotes effective learning and emphasises improvement activity in healthcare. You will reflect on how staff and patients offer different perspectives on patient safety and safety cultures, and you will consider new horizons in patient safety from a research, policy and operational perspective.

Course Features

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Display mastery in analysing complex clinical scenarios related to patient safety.
• Demonstrate expertise in evaluating factors that may impact on patient safety.
• Show a mastery in usage of contemporary tools and resources to address and manage issues related to patient safety in practice.

Entry Requirements

Qualified healthcare professionals or those working in patient safety.

Assessment

Analysis of a patient safety incident from practice (3000 word written assignment)

Further Information

Teaching Schedule

Term 3 - 23/04/2026, 30/04, 07/05, 14/05, 21/05, 28/05, 04/06, 11/06, 18/06, 25/06, 02/07, 09/07

Key Information

• Course code: 7KANP004
• Credit level: 7
• Credit value: 30
• Duration: 4 months
• Fees & Discounts: Full Price: £3,650.00

Offered by

Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care