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Our courses are currently available free of charge to NHS staff in England only, with a focus on those with patient safety and investigation roles. They are also available to fee-funded learners from outside of the NHS.
'A systems approach to investigating and learning from patient safety incidents' is our flagship online course, which takes 20 hours to complete at your own pace. We also offer a range of live online short courses. All of our courses are CPD certified.
We really appreciate the interest in our education programme and hope you understand that we have a limited resource to deliver this learning.
We release new dates for our courses on a regular basis. Please subscribe to our mailing list to be notified of new dates.
Flagship course
A systems approach to investigating and learning from patient safety incidents
Our flagship course - ‘A systems approach to investigating and learning from patient safety incidents’ - is aimed at those who lead investigations and other learning responses and those in Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) oversight roles.
This is a self-paced, online course with bitesize modules. On average it takes 20 hours to complete. The course is CPD and Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) accredited. Learners are awarded 20 CPD points on completion.
We launch new cohorts throughout the year and can accommodate large numbers of leaners. We can also offer this course commercially for individual organisations who would prefer a dedicated cohort for their staff.
Short courses
Our short courses include:
- Patient Safety Incident Response Framework oversight
- Involving those affected by patient safety incidents in the learning process
- Investigative interviewing
- After action review
- Demystifying thematic analysis
- Writing effective learning reports
- Strategic decision makers
Prospectus
Course administration
- We use AccessPlanit to manage enrolment and as the learner portal for most of our courses.
- We use Canvas (our learning management system) for 'A systems approach to investigating and learning from patient safety incidents'.
- Course communication is sent by email from do_not_reply@hssib.org.uk. Please make sure you add this to your email safe list or ask your IT team for support.
- If you can no longer make a course, please let us know as early as possible by email to education@hssib.org.uk.
How to enrol
Enrol on a course using our online catalogue.
Our courses fill up quickly when they are released. If you cannot find the course you are looking for in our online catalogue, please subscribe to our mailing list to find out when new dates are released.
If you would like a dedicated course for your organisation (subject to a fee), please contact education@hssib.org.uk.