Learn to be Safe - A Simulation Learning Experience
Rehearse for Safety!
The Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety has a new learning initiative that gives healthcare educators the tools to simulate patient safety situations that occur in health care settings. Learn to be Safe – A Simulation Learning Experience is in a kit format. With the tool kit, students and practitioners can rehearse for safety. It is aimed at enhancing effective communication and collaboration within healthcare teams, including patients and their families, to improve patient safety. Learners role play characters based on a specific patient story or are observers. The stories are based on real patient safety situations and events. Learners practice in a safe environment under the guidance of a leader.
Learn to be Safe – A Simulation Learning Experience contains:
- Patient Safety: A Primer, outlining core concepts and resources about patient safety;
- A Leader’s Guide to orient leaders about simulation and the kit’s resources;
- Scenario Guides for 2 case simulations, “Maureen’s Journey” and “Gene’s Story”;
- Learner’s Workbooks that prepare participants for the exercise and is for use in jotting down notes and observances during the simulation and in discussions after; and
- Character briefings, character photos, props and resources for participants to enact the simulations.
Health education programs will be introduced to the resources June 20th, 2011. Regional Health Authorities and Regulatory Bodies for the healthcare professions will receive information on the kits in Fall 2011.
How to Order the full kit – Manitoba organizations
A quantity of kits and Patient Safety: A Primer will be available to Manitoba organizations free-or-charge. MIPS is working with organizations across Manitoba to identify a champion who will receive the kit and agree to complete a short log sheet to track use. Call the Institute at (204)-927-6477 to get the name of your Champion!
How to Order the full kit – Organizations outside of Manitoba
Organizations outside of Manitoba can order a full kit on a cost recovery basis. Contact the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety at 927-6477 or admin@mbips.ca.
Patient Safety: A Primer
Patient Safety: A Primer is a resource that can be used alone for information on patient safety basic concepts for healthcare providers and students, or as part of the Learn to be Safe resource. Download this resource here.
Create your own kit
Educators can contact the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety at 204-927-6477 or email at admin@mbips.ca to obtain instructions for producing a kit and electronic files of the kit contents.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and transmit only unaltered copies of the documents and materials from Learn to be Safe – A Simulation Learning Experience, for non-commercial purposes. For more information, contact the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety.