The 4th SPSC International Patient Safety Conference

About The Event

The 4^th SPSC International Patient Safety Conference is a continuation of a journey which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has committed to since the creation of the center in 2017: to ensure a Safer Healthcare for All. The SPSC International Patient Safety Conference series has succeeded in raising awareness, as well as creating and sustaining the momentum of the national patient safety movement. Following the tremendous success of the previous conferences, SPSC will hold the 4th SPSC International Patient Safety Conference, to be held on December 02-04, 2023, with the theme "From Awareness to Action: Empowering Patients and Providers for Safer Care".

Where

King Khalid Cultural Center - Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia

When

Saturday to Monday
2-4 December

Event Agenda

Here is our event schedule

Here is our schedule for the conference's days

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Morning Workshops

Human Factors Engineering: Making the Care Less Error-Prone

Prof. Paul Bowei

Cultivating a Culture of Safety

Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey

Building a Just Culture for Safer Care

Dr. Peter Najjar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch & Prayer

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Afternoon Workshops

Patient Safety Improvement: From Learning to Action

Dr. Sanaz Massoumi

Adverse Events Recommendation Improvement Matrix.

Dr. Dave Dongelmans

Dr. Peter De Feiter

Empowering Patients for Safer Care: The Power of Codesign

Ms. Minara Chowdhury

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration

8:00 AM - 8:40 AM

Keynote 1: Objective Judgment of Improvement Measures After Sentinel Events, The Recommendation Improvement Matrix, Be Possible?

Dr. Peter De Feiter

8:40 AM - 9:20 AM

Keynote 2: Maximizing the Benefits of Patient and Family Empowerment in Healthcare.

Dr. Donald M Berwick

9:20 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote 3: From Vision to Reality: The SPSC Story.

Dr. Ali Asery

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Benchmarking Patient Safety Regionally

Moderators

Faisal Alotaibi - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

(Track A)

(Track B)

National Strategies and Transformation

Session 1 (Track A)

Patient and Family Engagement

Session 1 (Track B)

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

National Accreditation: A Journey to Safer Care (Track A)

Dr. Salem Alwahabi

Empowering Patients and Care Partners for Safer Care (Track B)

Dr. Shaimaa Alharthi

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

The Alignment of “Safeties”: Nursing Safety for Patient Safety (Track A)

Dr. Abdulelah Alhawsawi

Codesigning Systems with Patients (Track B)

Dr. Khalid Kheder

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

The Intersection of Patient Safety and Value-Based Healthcare (Track A)

Dr. John Mcghee

Using PROMs at the Point of Care, Empowering Patients Readdressing the Balance of Power (Track B)

Dr. Raheel Shariff

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Panel Discussion (Moderator Dr. Dina Alismail) (Track A)

Panel Discussion (Moderator Dr. Alanoud Alabdulfatah) (Track B)

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch Break

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Opening Ceremony

1:45 PM – 2:15 PM

Panel Discussion HRH Prince Faisal Bin Meshaal Al Saud

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Opening of Exhibition

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break

Culture, Leadership, and Governance

Session 2 (Track A)

Technology and Patient Safety

Session 2 (Track B)

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Prevention of Harm and Risk Reduction Through a Safety Culture (Track A)

Prof. Jan Mainz

From Concept to Reality: Designing Hospitals of the Future with Patient Safety in Mind (Track B)

Dr. Anas Banah

Eng. Amr Kandiel

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

Leadership Challenges in Healthcare Safety: What Works and What Doesn't (Track A)

Prof. Ali Al Khathaami

Adopting Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Adverse Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients (Track B)

Dr. Reem Alattas

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Emotional Intelligence and Patient Safety (Track A)

Dr. Dina Alismail

Impact Of Digitalization on The Patient-Provider Relationship (Track B)

Dr. Abdulaziz Alhomod

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Keynote 1: Global Patient Safety Action Plan

Dr. Neelam Dhingra

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Keynote 2: Moving from What We Know to What We Do: Actionable Change in Empowering Patients.

Dr. Zakaria Al Attal

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote 3: Diagnostic Safety: The Burden and The Solution.

Dr. Peter Najjar

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Coffee Break

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM

Country Story LMIC

Dr. Hamdi Mohamed Issa

10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

Panel Discussion for All Keynote Speakers (Moderator Dr. Nourah Alnowaiser)

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Patient Safety Posters Competition

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

A Decade of Experience in Real Time Patient Safety in KSA.

Dr. Wisam Albadr

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

(Track A)

(Track B)

WHO Global Movement for Patient Safety

Session 1 (Track A)

Zero Harm as a National Priority

Session 1 (Track B)

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

A Better Understanding of Patient Safety in Fragile, Conflict-Affected, and Vulnerable Settings (FCVs) (Track A)

Dr. Neelam Dhingra

Zero Harm: Systems Approach (Track B)

Prof. Paul Bowei

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM

The Burden of Unsafe Care: Global Figures (Track A)

Dr. Sanaz Massoumi

Toward Zero harm: The Critical Role of Medication Safety (Track B)

Dr. Roaa Khinkar

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Getting Better: Staying Ahead of the Curve on Patient Safety (Track A)

Dr. Peter Najjar

Strategies for Achieving Zero Harm in Maternal Care (Track B)

Dr. Haitham Badr

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Panel Discussion (Moderator Dr. Khalid Kheder) (Track A)

Panel Discussion (Moderator Dr. Hailah Alshalawi) (Track B)

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Coffee Break

Workforce Safety

Session 2 (Track A)

Safety in Other Industries

Session 2(Track B)

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Promoting Joy & Well-being in the Workplace (Track A)

Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tetty

What Have we Learned from Checklists in Aviation? (Track B)

Mr. Khalid Bukhari

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Re-energizing Healthcare Providers: Innovative Approaches to Combating Burnout (Track A)

Dr. Mohammed Almuqahwi

Safety in Oil Industry (Track B)

Mr. Omar Bassam

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Tackling the Challenge of Global Staff Shortage (Track A)

Dr. Ziyad Nakshabandi

Going Green in Healthcare: Building a Sustainable Future for Healthcare (Track B)

Dr. Abdulelah Alhawsawi

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Panel Discussion (Moderator Dr. John Mcghee) (Track A)

Panel Discussion (Moderator Mr. Mohammed ALHAJJY) (Track B)

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Patient Safety Puzzles

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Closing Ceremony

Event Speakers

Here are our keynote speakers

Organizers

Scientific Partners

F.A.Q

What is the conference all about?

The 4th SPSC International Patient Safety Conference is a continuation of a journey which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has committed to since the creation of the center in 2017: to ensure a Safer Healthcare for All. The SPSC International Patient Safety Conference series has succeeded in raising awareness, as well as creating and sustaining the momentum of the national patient safety movement. Following the tremendous success of the previous conferences, SPSC will hold the 4th SPSC International Patient Safety Conference, to be held on December 02-04, 2023, with the theme "From Awareness to Action: Empowering Patients and Providers for Safer Care".
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When will the conference be conducted?

The conference will be conducted as below
Pre-Conference workshops (2/12/2023)
Day 1 (3/12/2023)
Day 2 (4/12/2023)

Registration

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