Curriculare Implementierung der Profillinie Patientensicherheit in den Studiengang Humanmedizin – formative und summative Evaluationsergebnisse für den ersten und zweiten Studienabschnitt

The Master Plan Medical Education 2020 set fundamental changes for medical education. Following the increased integration and relevance of patient safety in the NKLM 2.0 (National Competence Based Catalogues of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education), we present the current status of the curricular implementation of the patient safety courses in the human medicine program at the MSH Medical School Hamburg (MSH). The aim is to illustrate how the patient safety courses are implemented in the human medicine program at MSH as an integrated longitudinal curriculum and to present the formative and summative evaluation results.

Initially, a literature review was conducted, and the screening of the homepages of medical faculties was performed, followed by interdisciplinary expert exchanges. Based on this, it was agreed to implement the patient safety courses across all three study sections, which is continuously evaluated through routine semester evaluations by students for quality assurance and summative exams. Additionally, formative evaluations of the teaching and learning events are conducted during the semester.

The results of the literature review, the screening of medical faculty homepages, and the expert exchanges confirm the increasing importance of patient safety in medical education. Consequently, the competencies and learning objectives related to patient safety, as anchored in NKLM 2.0, have been longitudinally implemented in the human medicine program at MSH. Since the summer semester of 2023, relevant lectures including multiple-choice exams, seminars, elective modules, and Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) exams on patient safety have been conducted in the first two study sections. The initial formative and summative evaluation results from the students are very promising, and starting in winter semester 2024, the first MSH students in the third study section will undergo patient safety simulation training.

Implementation of patient safety courses as an integral part of the longitudinal curriculum in the human medicine program across all three study sections represents a significant challenge and urgent necessity. Through this implementation, the crucial topic of patient safety, relevant to all cross-sectional areas, is comprehensively and sustainably represented.