Purpose of the Medical Safety Promotion Organization Higher Education Program on Medical Safety (Greeting from the Director)

The Medical Safety Promotion Organization (MSPO) was established by the global stakeholders of the International Association of Risk Management in Medicine (IARMM).

The activities of MSPO consist of two major pillars:
1) international collaborative and interdisciplinary research activities by industry, government, and academia collaboration,
2) collaborative medical safety educational activities on a global scale.

MSPO will establish the Higher Education Program on Medical Safety as one of the educational programs of MSPO, with professors of medical safety from around the world. The MSPO-HEPMS offers a distance learning, master's and doctoral level education programs with English and Japanese courses. Since all lectures and practical training are conducted via the Internet, the students can follow the program from wherever they live.

Educational programs will cover a wide range of issues, including patient safety, medical safety in major disasters, and medical safety in infectious disease pandemics.

Japanese have a strong affinity for safety, and the world's highest level of safety culture can be seen in various aspects. By integrating this Japanese safety culture with safety activities around the world, MSPO-HEPMS will aim at providing more advanced medical safety education in Japan and around the world.

Medical Safety Promotion Organization President
Medical Safety Promotion Organization HEPMS Director

Ryoji Sakai