Improving the management quality of care and patient safety in initial and continuing training

(Future) health professionals and managers of health care institutions must be prepared to exercise safety management with confidence. Training programmes for healthcare professionals are continuously evolving to take into account new digital knowledge and technologies. These learners will need to know how systems affect the quality and safety of care, how poor communication can lead to adverse events, and much more. Therefore, improving patient safety requires that learners be informed about these socio-cultural aspects of patient safety. Raising awareness among (future) health professionals to improve their safety system is an objective to be achieved in medical and paramedical education, both during their studies and in continuing education. In this educational perspective, simulation can not only address the concrete aspects of patient safety but also offer the possibility to train and experiment with the socio-cultural aspects of patient safety in an innovative way, for example through the use of digital technology.The objective of this project is therefore to develop a training platform focused on quality management of care and patient safety. By providing such education, we aim to train professionals capable of promoting patient safety through simulation, in accordance with international guidelines and recommendations, and thus reduce the gap between the skills needed in the field and the training offer.