In the Health and Social Care faculty of Saimaa University of Applied Sciences more attention has been paid to practicing multiprofessional co-operation during nursing education. For example, in autumn 2018 a joint multiprofessional simulation training was held with the Accident and Emergency unit of South Karelia Central Hospital and the Social and health care district.… Continue reading →

The SLIPPS team enjoyed their face to face Transnational Management Group meetings in Kuopio. The team met in the University of Eastern Finland, hosted by Prof Hannele Turunen where they discussed the projects exciting developments and progress towards making publicly available resources from the project. To date the SLIPPs team have collected around 400 learning… Continue reading →

In January 1, 2017, a new regulation on management and quality improvement came into force within the Norwegian healthcare service. The regulation is a new and improved version of a previous regulation for the same purpose. The Ministry of Health wishes to focus on some key challenges within the Norwegian healthcare services. Among other things,… Continue reading →

A virtual learning center is an online learning platform that uses computer software to partake in a web-based educational platform. Even though this method of teaching and learning has been accepted with mixed feelings, studies have demonstrated that there is a growing demand for virtual learning centers on a global scale. Designed to address the… Continue reading →

SLIPPS held a very successful one day conference (multiplier event) in Norway on the 7th June with participants from practice, academia and government. The event hosted by Østfold University College partners showcased the SLIPPs project and the developments we have made, in particular the development of the SLIPPS Learning Event Recording Tool (SLERT) and the… Continue reading →

Recently a decree of the Italian Ministry of Health in APRIL 2017 put in place the innovative Law 24/2017 known colloquially as the Gelli Law, which is focused on the safety of care and the occupational accountability of practitioners in health professions. This law underlines the patient’s right to receive safe care, directly drawn from… Continue reading →

Inevitably our professional interests are shaped by the important learning events we experience and one compelling personal experience can have enduring consequences for our careers. My interest in clinical errors began at 7.00am one Sunday morning over 20 years ago. I was coming to the end of my night shift in charge of the Intensive… Continue reading →

SLIPPs TMG members were in Genova last week for a very productive 2 day meeting. During the meetings the group we were shown the first two SLIPPs simulation scenario prototypes developed by the Sim Scenario sub-group, based on SLIPPs data and brilliantly performed, and reflected on, by University of Genova Nursing students. The virtual seminars… Continue reading →

A rather frequent event that occurs to in-hospital patients is clinical deterioration, especially briefly following their hospital admission. One of the indicators for patient’s early clinical deterioration is the activation of the Rapid Response Systems within 48 hours of patient’s admission. Based on a recent study conducted in the USA, not even the severity of… Continue reading →

SLIPPS held its first 1 day European Patient Safety Education and Research conference at the beautiful Østfold University College in Fredrikstad Campus, Norway on June 7th 2018. See call for abstracts  FLYER MULTIPLIER EVENT UCO June 2018