Introduction to Significant Event Audit
Overview
Significant event audit (SEA) is becoming increasingly important and popular within healthcare and the National Patient Safety Agency encourage teams to establish regular significant event audit meetings. The course will provide delegates from all sectors of healthcare a full overview of what is involved. Delegates who complete the course will possess the skills to establish SEA meetings within their organisation.
Who should attend?
The course is aimed at delegates who would like to gain an understanding of the significant event audit process and is ideal for those who have been tasked with setting up SEA meetings.
Course content
- Definitions of significant event audit
- Why significant event audit is important – historical overview
- The significant event audit process explained
- Reviewing previous significant events
- Advice and tips for success
- Information on help available
Forms of delivery
We only deliver this course externally, i.e. in-house to groups of learners within your organisation.
Numbers of delegates
Tailor made courses are limited to a maximum of 20 delegates (although this is at the discretion of the commissioning organisation). The national courses are limited to a maximum of 12 learners.
Length of course
The course lasts for a total time of 3 hours and takes place over one half-day.
Accreditation
The course is accredited by the Open College Network and learners who successfully complete the course attain 1 credit at Level 1. Assessment for accreditation is based on a short written assessment at the end of the training session.
KSF requirements
The course will relate directly to several KSF dimensions – C1, C3, C4, C5, HWB3, IK2 and G2.
Costs
The cost of a half-day training session is £400 plus travel and VAT.