Patient Safety & Clinical Risk Management Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Develop an integrated framework for patient safety and clinical risk management.
• Identify clinical risks and assess their likelihood, severity, and potential impact.
• Apply proactive methods to identify risks before they develop into patient safety incidents.
• Analyse adverse events, near misses, and serious safety events systematically.
• Apply root cause analysis to identify human, organisational, and system-related factors.
• Develop corrective and preventive actions that address underlying causes.
• Strengthen safety practices across high-risk clinical processes.
• Improve incident and near-miss reporting systems and organisational learning.
• Establish and maintain clinical risk registers and prioritise critical risks.
• Develop patient safety indicators and monitor recurring risks and performance trends.
• Strengthen leadership, governance, and safety culture in clinical risk management.
• Develop practical plans for reducing clinical risks and sustaining patient safety improvements.

Who Should Attend

Learning Outcomes

• Identify and classify clinical risks according to their nature and potential impact.
• Assess risk likelihood and severity and establish appropriate priorities.
• Apply proactive tools to analyse risks within clinical processes.
• Analyse adverse events and near misses and identify contributing factors.
• Conduct root cause analysis for complex clinical incidents.
• Distinguish individual errors from systemic weaknesses affecting patient safety.
• Develop measurable corrective and preventive actions.
• Design and improve incident and near-miss reporting processes.
• Build and maintain clinical risk registers and monitor critical risks.
• Develop patient safety performance indicators and analyse incident data.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of controls and risk-reduction measures.
• Develop sustainable plans for strengthening safety culture and continuous improvement.

Course Outline