Purpose of this Curriculum

• Provide resident and fellow education on patient safety and quality improvement – ACGME Core Competencies of “Systems-Based Practice” and “Practice-Based Learning and Improvement”
• Introduce current concepts of patient safety related to
  
  • Human error
    
  • Systems contributions to adverse patient outcomes
    
  • The interaction of humans with systems/technology – “human factors analysis”
• Present “patient safety” in the broader context of “clinical quality improvement” – without safety, there can be no quality, and vice versa
• Describe how “patient safety” initiatives and “clinical quality improvement” are conducted at UNM HSC
• Engage you in the process of patient safety and clinical quality improvement!