Reforms in quality and safety education
Reforms in quality and safety education are necessary for minimizing accidents and mistakes caused by healthcare professionals because of a lack of proper training and education. The first step is to conduct continuous education of healthcare professionals on quality and safety. Healthcare professionals should receive safety and quality instructions that improve their awareness of quality and safety measures. To support continuous education, more funding should be allocated for internal education of healthcare professionals. The next step is to provide more funding for training institutions (colleges and universities). According to Acton et al. (2017), providing adequate funding enable training institutions to have necessary infrastructures and resources to prepare future healthcare professionals to handle quality and safety issues effectively.
Another step is to create a culture that fosters quality and safety educational awareness in healthcare settings and educational institutions. All healthcare organizations and educational institutions should ensure that their cultures are aligned with quality and safety. Creating a culture of quality and safety, according to Koffel et al. (2017), prepare healthcare professionals to handle issues related to safety and quality. The next step is to integrate quality and safety in all existing coursework in existing curricula. According to Altmiller & Hopkins-Pepe (2019), integrating the theme of quality and safety in undergraduate medical courses help to prepare future healthcare professionals to handle quality and safety issues.
Another step is to ensure that medical educators and clinicians are well-trained to deliver lifelong quality and safety education to future healthcare professionals. Lyle-Edrosolo & Waxman (2016) suggest that training colleges should sponsor and evaluate workshops that prepare clinical and academic staff to incorporate quality and safety in education and training programs. The next step is to implement case-and personal-level quality measures in training and training programs. According to Sherwood & Barnsteiner (2017), educational institutions should enable learners to understand modern technologies that are effective and reliable in handling quality and safety issues. Finally, processes that streamline the quality and safety education should be supported financially and with adequate human resources.