Fellowship Program

The Global Interprofessional Patient Safety Fellowship

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation offers a unique educational opportunity for healthcare professionals around the world to expand their knowledge in the theory and practice of patient safety. The program combines a year-long curriculum developed by patient safety experts in a variety of areas, taught via monthly live virtual classroom sessions, with a hands-on improvement project that explores and advances issues of patient safety in each fellow’s respective professional environment. Fellows are expected to complete monthly readings from a provided list and write short reflections. Our fellows are driven by a deep passion for patient safety, often sparked by first-hand encounters with patient harm events, and a desire to improve care outcomes in their home communities and workplace settings.

Fellowship instructors:

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Margrit Shoemaker, MD, FACP

Assistant Chair of Internal Medicine Education

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Steven J. Barker, PhD, MD

Governance Board Member

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Jerika T. Lam, PharmD. APh, AAHIVP, FCSHP

Associate Professor, Chapman University School of Pharmacy

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Peter Lachman, MD, MPH, M.B.B.Ch., FRCPCH, FCP (SA), FRCPI

Lead Faculty Quality Improvement, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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Sanaz Massoumi, MS, PhD

Chief Operating Officer

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Meet our 2024 fellows:

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Richard Mwase, MD

Head of Anesthesia and Critical Care Services, Bombo Military Hospital

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Angeli Merci Mejia Porto, MD, FPOGS

Obstetrician, Gynecologist, and Chair of the Patient Safety Committee

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Lamya Alhuzani, MHA

Head of Patient Empowerment

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Irisa Zile-Velika, MPH, PhD

Head of the Patient safety and health care quality improvement unit, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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Ashfaq Chauhan, PhD, MIPH, MHM, BPhysio

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Health Innovation

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Comfort King-Gbaie, BSc

Quality Assurance Coordinator and Global Patient Safety Coordinator

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Afifa Munawar, BScN, MSPH

Technical Officer, Quality Patient Safety and Hospital Sector

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Meet our 2023 fellows:

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Natalia Camargo, RN

Registered Nurse and Healthcare Quality Management Specialist

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Our first cohort of fellows started in Aug 2021: