The role of patient safety education in nursing and other healthcare
disciplines has also been recognised internationally. The World Health
Organisation has recently published the Patient Safety Curriculum Guide (WHO, 2011), which includes eleven patient safety themes that
need to be integrated in all health care educational curricula, including
nursing, in order to design “patient safety-friendly” curriculum. The
CurriculumGuide has been launched in several countries globally, including
a regional launch in Central American countries (Mexico), Eastern
Mediterranean (Oman) andWestern Pacific (Philippines). International
work is under way to test the effectiveness of this Curriculum Guide.