Development of a National Quality and Patient Safety Competency Framework

Introduction

This project will work closely with healthcare partners and stakeholders to inform the design of a national quality and patient safety (QPS) competency framework. A literature review of existing QPS competencies and competency frameworks relating to patient safety, quality improvement, human factors and how they have been deployed will be conducted. This will be supplemented by interviews with healthcare quality and safety managers, leads, and patient representatives to establish to current landscape of quality and patient safety education and learning nationally. This knowledge will then inform the discussions to design, develop and evaluate the process to support the co-design of the framework.