We are pleased to say that we have now accredited our first quality and patient safety training programme which is the Quality and Patient Safety Training Programme of the Health Care Accreditation Council (HCAC) of Jordan. This programme was assessed against the Guidelines and Standards for Quality and Patient Safety Training Programmes.
This is the latest programme from ISQua EEA which assesses continuous professional development training courses in quality and patient safety, or related topics designed for health and social care professionals. Such courses could include general programmes/courses such as introductory courses on patient safety or quality improvement or courses on a specific topic such as infection prevention and control, person-centred care, communication and patient safety or clinical risk management among others.
These programmes/courses could be undertaken by health or social care professionals who wish to learn more about a specific topic to help them in their current role. These training programmes/courses could be designed and delivered by a variety of organisations including external evaluation organisations like HCAC, Jordan, professional representative groups such as Medical Associations or private providers. Training programmes developed as a partnership or collaboration between a professional group such as a Medical Association and an education institution and offered as a continuous professional development course can also be assessed under this programme.
This programme does not assess programmes/courses on quality and patient safety provided by universities or other third level education institutions. It is expected that these programmes will be accredited in line with the university or education institution’s existing policy or requirements for accreditation of university provided education programmes.
The assessment of quality and safety training programmes against the Guidelines and Standards for Quality and Patient Safety Training Programmes, explores how the training course is planned., how it is managed in the organisation and who is responsible for making decisions about it, how the training programme is delivered including the support and information provided to trainees/learners and how trainees’/learners’ performance and achievements are measured against the expected outcomes of the quality and patient safety training programme.
Organisations who are interested in learning more about this programme are advised to download a copy of the Guidelines and Standards for Quality and Patient Safety Training Programmes to see what will be assessed by ISQua EEA. We then recommend that organisations undertake a gap analysis exercise against the standards. This process will allow an organisation to assess how they would meet each criterion and to identify what they would provide as evidence to demonstrate their compliance with each criterion. This exercise will allow organisations to identify areas where they are performing well in relation to the ISQua EEA standards as well as areas where further work may be required. This in turn will allow an organisation to ascertain its readiness to proceed with an ISQua EEA assessment or survey of their quality and patient safety training programme.
If you have questions about this programme, please contact us today at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. outlining your questions. We will respond to these via email, or we can set up a call for you with the ISQua EEA team who will go through your questions in more detail.