**7. The conceptual framework for patient safety curriculum development**

In this chapter, we propose some essential steps while developing a curriculum in patient safety for healthcare professionals. In these steps, the developed curriculum is best tailored to the learners' needs.

**Figure 2.** The conceptual framework for patient safety curriculum development.

The topics are selected according to the recourses available and it is better integrated into the whole undergraduate curriculum. The objectives are well-defined, competency-based and directly related to the selected content. The instruction should be practice-based and studentcentered. Following this systematic approach maximize the role of the evaluation of students and curriculum in judging the merits of the implemented curriculum. These steps are illustrated in the conceptual framework (**Figure 2**).
