Development of the Baltic-Nordic Network of Patient Safety Teachers

Summary (max 250 words) During the last decades, the interest in patient safety has notably increased in society; thus, the continuous improvement of competence in patient safety among healthcare staff and managers is essential. However, patient safety education is underestimated across Europe, a problem we also face in the Baltic and Nordic countries. This project, initiated in 2023, aimed to create the Baltic-Nordic Network of Patient Safety Teachers to bring together the teaching competence from Estonia, Finland and Norway. Since May 2023, we have achieved two of three objectives of the first project: mapping the patient safety curricula and the materials and methods used for patient safety teaching in our universities. Our third objective – sharing the well-working practices in patient safety teaching- will be completed by September 2023. With the development of the patient safety teachers’ network, we expect to share our experience with other educational institutions in three countries and to promote the implementation of new teaching and learning principles in the field of patient safety. Our activities in 2024 and 2025 will focus on sharing our experience, best practices and lessons learned from patient safety education among the academic institutions in the Baltic-Nordic region and involve partners from all Baltic and Nordic countries and representatives from several educational institutions from these countries.