title: Building capacity for quality and safety in critical care: A roundtable discussion from the second international patient safety conference in April 9-11, 2013, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: This paper summarizes the roundtable discussion from the Second International Patient Safety Conference held in April 9-11, 2013, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The objectives of the roundtable discussion were to: (1) review the conceptual framework for building capacity in quality and safety in critical care. (2) examine examples of leading international experiences in building capacity. (3) review the experience in Saudi Arabia in this area. (4) discuss the role of building capacity in simulation for patient safety in critical care and (5) review the experience in building capacity in an ongoing improvement project for severe sepsis and septic shock.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ; College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Yaseen M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Arabi
authors.forename: Saadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taher
authors.forename: Sean M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Berenholtz
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alamry
authors.forename: Ra'ed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hijazi
authors.forename: Abdulaleem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alatassi
authors.forename: Abdellatif M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marini
keywords: Building capacity; critical care; safety culture; sepsis; simulation