This course highlights developments in patient safety in dentistry, illustrating how to implement and embed them in your daily practice.

Topics covered will include:

• An overview of the history of patient safety;
• Examples of good practice in the implementation of Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs) in Oral Surgery;
• Root causes of error and how to overcome “blame culture”;
• Role of human factors and non-technical skills in healthcare;
• Learning from near misses and never events in surgery.

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

• Describe the science of patient safety and how it relates to our everyday practice;
• Apply best practice to design LocSSIPs for their own working environment;
• Demonstrate understanding of the root causes of error and the influence of blame culture;
• Recognise the role of human factors and non-technical skills in adverse incidents;
• Encourage shared learning from adverse incidents and near misses in their workplace.