Hospital Training initiative from GNSH & Patient Safety Movement Foundation

The Global Network for Simulation in Healthcare (GNSH) wasfounded in 2010 to promote the collaborative sharing of ideas that advancemedical training and drive improvements in patient safety. Comprised of leadinginternational organizations and corporations from around the world, GNSHprovides an ideal forum for sharing advancements in medical training, evolvinghealthcare requirements, global understanding of healthcare needs and buildingstrong relationships among providers and industry to ensure each patientreceives the highest quality of care and each provider receives the highestquality training. Simply stated, our mission is to advance healthcare trainingthrough modern approaches and innovative solutions.

At the 2019 Patient Safety Movement Foundation Summit, GNSH made a commitment to work closely with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation to translate patient stories into 30-minute weekly training scenarios, 10 to 15 minutes of focused simulation followed by a 15-minute debrief that includes: what was effective; what could have been done differently; a review of the patient story to understand how errors impact patients, their families and providers; and a reflection of where processes and procedures can be optimized and improved.

Healthcare is complex and varies by country, by region, byresources, and most of all it varies by the teams of professionals providingthe care to patients. Just as every patient is different, so is everyhealthcare provider.

One of the greatest challenges is determining the strengthsand weaknesses of individuals, teams, and the complex systems that support howthey provide care. This is where focused simulation training can play acritical role. It can quickly determine the ability of the team and system tohandle common and uncommon patient conditions; highlight issues with patientcare, communications, and organizational structures; and create adherence tobest practices.

These training simulations create a foundation to enhanceperformance and improve outcomes. To achieve this, training must be frequent,and it must be targeted.  Moreimportantly, time spent by teams participating and debriefing translates intocollaborative learning, team building, and is a mechanism for continuousprocess improvement.

GNSH’s vision is that each week, every provider team willexperience the same case around the globe, localized for each region, andadapted for the different areas within the healthcare organization. Each casewill challenge the ability of healthcare teams and healthcare systems todeliver safe patient care. Over time, the systems, teams and providers willrefine strategies and tactics to ensure patients are receiving the highestpossible quality of care.

GNSH’s hope is that by 2020, these 30-minute weekly trainingplatforms will become foundational elements to eliminate all preventablemedical errors by every healthcare team in every hospital in every corner ofthe world.

The Patient SafetyMovement Foundation believes reaching ZERO preventable deaths in hospitals isnot only the right goal, but also an attainable one with the right people,ideas and technology. The 2019 Summit gathered international hospital leaders,medical and information technology companies, the patient advocacy community,public policy makers and government officials, who discussed solutions to theleading challenges that cause preventable patient deaths in hospitalsworldwide.

PSMF’s Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) serve as powerful and efficient tools to help guide healthcare professionals toward practices that decrease preventable patient deaths in hospitals.  You may  view the 18 APSS here.

GNSH will initially address three APSS which cause the highest medical error in their 30-minute  team training scenarios including sepsis, hospital acquired infections and medication errors.

PSMF believes that fostering relationships with like-mindedindividuals, organizations and industry partners is the driving force to reachzero preventable deaths by 2020.