About this learning resource
Type: Video discussion.
Audience: Learners with roles in healthcare safety investigation, including investigation, commissioning, oversight and involvement.
Duration: 12 minutes.
Objectives: By the end of this resource, you will be able to:
- Describe the skills, knowledge and attributes of a professional healthcare safety investigator.
- Identify a competency framework for healthcare safety investigators.
- Evaluate the enablers and barriers to professionalising the role of healthcare safety investigators.
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Competency mapping
Includes introduction to the following competencies [1]:
- 3.2 Critically reflects upon robustness of own practice at all stages in an investigation.
- 5.1 Keeps abreast of developments in theory and practice relating to healthcare safety investigations.
- 7.1 Is clear about their identity as an investigator and scope of their role in an investigation.
[1] Lim, R., Hide, S., et al. (2026) Development of a competency framework for healthcare safety investigators: a modified e-Delphi study. Safety Science, 198, 107161. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2026.107161
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Competency domains
From Lim, R., Hide, S., et al. (2026) Development of a competency framework for healthcare safety investigators: a modified e-Delphi study. Safety Science, 198, 107161.