title: Collection and sharing of information on patient safety education and training in Europe.
abstract: The European Union Network for Patient Safety (EUNetPaS) is a project funded and supported by the European Commission within the 2007 Public Health Programme and aims to encourage and enhance the collaboration of participating EU countries in the field of Patient Safety. One of its major objectives is to promote Patient Safety (PS) education and training in Member States, through building a platform for mutual exchange of experience and knowledge on methods of planning and implementing sustainable learning activities. Towards this direction, a methodology has been applied, based on a three axes schema, which describes the roles, the awareness level and the competences of the PS Education and Training Activities. Based on this scheme, a questionnaire has been developed and distributed across EU organizations though National Contact Points, as a tool for information collection. Looking to the above structure, a web-based resource has been developed aiming to facilitate the information collection and sharing, in a truly networking environment.
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece. dimitriszikos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zikos
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liaskos
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diomidous
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantas
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007318:Inservice Training; D017751:Safety Management